Luisa Capetillo, cuchillo en boca [Luisa Capetillo, Knife Between Her Teeth] is a efficiency piece by Teresa Hernández (with Beatriz Llenín Figueroa and Teresa Peña Jordán) that was performed on April 30, 2022, on the Instituto del Karso de Puerto Rico y el Caribe (Karst Institute of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean), situated in Arecibo, the place Capetillo was born. The piece was carried out on the invitation of Editora Educación Emergente (EEE) as a part of occasions commemorating the centenary of Luisa Capetillo’s dying (1882-1922), and in celebration of the brand new version of the e book Amor y anarquía: escritos de Luisa Capetillo (ed. and intro. Julio Ramos, EEE, 2021).
Small Axe 69, November 2022 contains a particular part devoted to the reminiscence of Luisa Capetillo, the novel Puerto Rican feminist, anarchist, organizer, and author. The particular part, titled “The Legacies of Luisa Capetillo” is guest-edited by Julio Ramos, and marks the centenary of her dying in 1922. The efficiency piece is offered in sx dwell titled, “Luisa Capetillo, cuchillo en boca” (Luisa Capetillo, Knife Between Her Tooth) by Teresa Hernández. You’ll discover a recording of the efficiency piece, an accompanying textual content titled “On Luisa Capetillo, cuchillo en boca: a Cleaning and a Prophecy” (in English and in Spanish) by Beatriz Llenín-Figueroa, and supplementary nonetheless pictures.
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Credit
Luisa Capetillo: Teresa Hernández
Ladies with knives between their tooth: Beatriz Llenín Figueroa and Teresa Peña Jordán
Manufacturing assistant on location: Antonio “Toño” Ramos Vega
Cameras: Julio Ramos and Tatiana Rojas
Editor: Martín Yernazian
Ebook and promotional artwork: Zuleira Soto Román
For extra data and the recording, see http://smallaxe.web/content material/1144
[Photo above by Marisol Plard Narváez: Cover image: Walking Luisa. Capitolio. South Wing, San Juan.]