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People aren't as smart as the person who made my arms. I'm lucky to even have them, though. I went through some deep depression waiting for these puppies, you know?

Cause not everybody was in an accident like mine where they had to get them amputated! Are you stupid or something?

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Cause not everybody was in an accident like mine where they had to get them amputated! Are you stupid or something?

No, people here don’t have robot arms. That was just an unfortunate event in my life. And I think we are very different from each other. That I can promise.

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No, people here don't have robot arms. That was just an unfortunate event in my life. And I think we are very different from each other. That I can promise.

Daaamn, girl. That is a lot of shit to know.

You know all that but you don’t know what a human is? Well, I’m not a good example of one, as you can see.

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Daaamn, girl. That is a lot of shit to know.

You know all that but you don't know what a human is? Well, I'm not a good example of one, as you can see.

I’m human. (Well…I used to be.) And they are very common where I live.

What’s your excuse, alien girl?

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I'm human. (Well...I used to be.) And they are very common where I live.

What's your excuse, alien girl?

Then I guess you’ll be alive for a while! Sorry I don’t have a dictionary on me about weird alien chicks and what their weird alien planet is about.

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Javier Pérez: En Puntas (2013)

Video installation of variable measurements comprising: Sculpture: pointe shoes, stainless steel knives Video projection: HD blu-ray, with sound, screened on a wall 9’

A ballerina, whose pointe shoes are extended by a set of sharp kitchen knives, dances and twirls insistently until reaching exhaustion, fighting to maintain balance on the lid of a grand piano set on a stage.  The theatre with its red velvet warm lighting, resembles an oversized music box. The camera turns around the dancer revealing the opposite side of the room: an empty and painfully bare theatre.

The ballerina appears as an eerie figure expressing effort, sacrifice and pain in her strive for perfection. Both fragile and cruel. Initially shy and hesitant, her steps become more and more emphatic, menacing and not exempt of violence, scraping and cutting into the delicate surface of the piano with her sharp pointe shoes.

Through this work, Javier Perez investigates and reflects once again upon the human condition. Using a strongly metaphorical language rich in powerful symbolism, he reveals the weaknesses that become the boundaries between seemingly irreconcilable concepts such as: beauty and cruelty, fragility and violence, culture and nature or life and death.

watch the video performance

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Then I guess you'll be alive for a while! Sorry I don't have a dictionary on me about weird alien chicks and what their weird alien planet is about.

My skin would have to be marinated in the richest of olive oil to taste good.

But no matter how strong your bones are I think I could kill you. All you have to do is have your guard down for a split second. And just like that! Poof! You’re on the ground cold and lifeless.

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Now you're just speaking a different language to me. Now explain and speak clearly or I might just have you for a snack.

Still not normal. Humans don’t really like anything that isn’t like them. Haven’t you learned that yet?

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My skin would have to be marinated in the richest of olive oil to taste good.

But no matter how strong your bones are I think I could kill you. All you have to do is have your guard down for a split second. And just like that! Poof! You're on the ground cold and lifeless.

I’d probably, at the least, break your nose.

But that isn’t my only offense, I’m not an idiot. My arms were just a surprise backup. My main attack is a secret.

[She winked and showed off a cocky smile.]

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I'd probably, at the least, break your nose.

But that isn't my only offense, I'm not an idiot. My arms were just a surprise backup. My main attack is a secret.

[She winked and showed off a cocky smile.]

I really doubt that. Have you ever had a 10 pound metal fist hit your face? I don’t think you have.

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I really doubt that. Have you ever had a 10 pound metal fist hit your face? I don't think you have.

You’re a shit liar. You’re lying through your teeth, I can hear the trembling in your voice.

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You're a shit liar. You're lying through your teeth, I can hear the trembling in your voice.

You don’t know what Area 51 is? That’s where they keep government secrets and dissect creatures like…what ever you are.

They’d chop you up into little pieces or keep you in test tubes or lay you on a table and cut our stomach open or saw your head open and inspect that blue brain of yours.

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You don't know what Area 51 is? That's where they keep government secrets and dissect creatures like...what ever you are.

They'd chop you up into little pieces or keep you in test tubes or lay you on a table and cut our stomach open or saw your head open and inspect that blue brain of yours.

Well on this planet, I might not be normal, be you might as well but wearing whistles and sirens for Area 51.

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Well on this planet, I might not be normal, but you might as well be wearing whistles and sirens for Area 51.

Uhh…A grey-skinned, horned creature? That sounds pretty abomination-y-ish to me.

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Still not normal. Humans don't really like anything that isn't like them. Haven't you learned that yet?

I miss took you for a burn victim. That should really say something.

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I miss took you for a burn victim. That should really say something.

Are you sure? If you aren’t, then what are you? A burn victim or somethin’?

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This is normal for your species? I'm so sorry. For all of you.

Are you sure? If you aren’t, then what are you? A burn victim or somethin’?