This player features excerpts from Devil Bunny's solo performance and collaborative projects since 1998.
One of the assignments for my Sites class during the Spring '10 semester, was to create a psychogeography, as conceptualized by Guy DeBord, a founding member of Situationist International, a group of international revolutionaries who were influential during the May of 1968 strike of France. DeBord wrote about the concept of the derive, translated as "drifting" in English, during which a psychogeography might take place. A psychogeography calls for a demystified experience of urban space and an...
Ending Section of Queen of Broken Hearts - part of a residency and performance at ODC Commons, in San Francisco in August 2010. Featuring: Gigi Otalvaro-Hormillosa and pearl ubungen - with music by Celestino.Queen of Broken Hearts is the seed for ubungen's new cycle of work, sf bArdo project: Sacred City which will occur over the next five years in several locations throughout San Francisco. This new cycle of work features ubungen's embodied artistic praxis that brings together artistic creati...
Approaching substance (ab)use from a hybrid (fe)male perspective, Devil Bunny ruminates about the complexities of being a well-healed woman in a world in which ideas about “femininity” exclude those who choose not to be well-heeled, all the while attempting to balance multiple perspectives and experiences only to find herself caught in a perpetual state of addiction to substances, patriarchy, expectations of “ultimate” forms of femininity, and the many other internalized ism’s and phobias that...
San Francisco-based artists, Devil Bunny in Bondage and Lady Bear, battle it out in an arm wrestling match, and finish with namaste. The match took place during La Pocha Nostra's Performance Karaoke at SF Camerwork in October, 2008.
Using exercise resistance bands, Gigi Otalvaro-Hormillosa and Heather Cox interpret tension and release within communication of ideas and emotion. Features original choreography and voiceover by the duo, as well as original sound score by Melissa Dougherty.In June 2004, Devil Bunny along with artistic collaborator SpaceSuperStar's Owner Heather Cox Carducci premiered a movement and sound based performance piece incorporating fitness props as metaphors to address empowerment at the level of lov...
This campy cheerleading routine performed by Gigi Otalvaro-Hormillosa and Heather Cox Carducci is a queer interpretation of an American sport which also makes a statement about gay marriage. The two performers juxtapose cheerleading with activist chants in Spanish and queer slogans.In June 2004, Devil Bunny along with artistic collaborator SpaceSuperStar's Owner Heather Cox Carducci premiered a movement and sound based performance piece incorporating fitness props as metaphors to address empow...
In June 2004, Devil Bunny along with artistic collaborator SpaceSuperStar's Owner Heather Cox Carducci premiered a movement and sound based performance piece incorporating fitness props as metaphors to address empowerment at the level of love, physicality, spirituality, and creativity. This performance was part of a larger evening featuring video, sound, fashion and performance based work by queer, API, mixed race, and Latina female artists. M.U.V.E. (Movement Uninhibited Violating Everything)...
The Octopuss Martini Hut (excerpt from MUVE, 2004) is an extraterrestrial love story about Space Monkey and Petit Prince, performed by Gigi Otalvaro Hormillosa and Heather Cox Carducci, with original sound score by Melissa Dougherty.MUVE (movement uninhibited violating everything) premiered in 2004 at SOMARTS in San Francisco. MUVE is a movement and sound based performance piece incorporating fitness props as metaphors to address empowerment at the level of love, physicality, spirituality, and...
Girls with Big Balls is an excerpt from MUVE (Movement Uninhibited Violating Everything, 2004). In this piece, Gigi Otalvaro-Hormillosa and Heather Carducci perform as Tootie and PecPec—two girls with big balls. Tootie and PecPec meet and decide to go on a journey of exercise and empowerment with their big balls.Girls with big balls, they need no viagra!Girls with big balls, they must be a tiga!Girls with big balls, and this I must ask ya…Why are they seen as murderers with an axe? Atrocious t...
Dimension of IS Future SegmentThe footage from this clip is from the world premiere of the video / performance which occurred as part of Gigi Otalvaro-Hormillosa and Heather Carducci'’s residency at The Lab in San Francisco's Mission District (June, 2006).Live Performers ("aliens"):Robylian: Heather CarducciReptizoid: emaelRolo: Gigi On-screen Characters:Legions Maximus (the Global CEO): Al LujanGeneral Ana Conda (a Pentagon official): S. Trotter Dr. Riefenstahl Von Braun (a Scientist & Nazi D...