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Miao Jiaxin
TYPHOON HAIYAN (YOLANDA SURVIVOR)

first performed on November 23, 2013
Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY
performed twice in 2013

SAMUEL PENASO

Manila, Philippines

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TYPHOON HAIYAN (YOLANDA SURVIVOR)
SAMUEL PENASO

I show a video projection of the super typhoon in Philippines that destroyed many places in Tacloban and led to the deaths of many people by flood.

I’m wearing a Stripewalker costume. I then put a plaster mask onto my face, symbolizing sympathy for the typhoon victims. I then destroy the mask using a high-powered sandblaster in order to create smoke and dust, forcing the audience to feel the discomfort of my countrymen trying to survive.