Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen

Absolute Exotic

2005
Video and performance: 4:20 minutes 
Lyrics, vocals, set design; felt carpet: Height 2,70 x Width 5 meters: Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen
Music: Anders Christophersen 
Camera and video stills: Bella Duval
Editing: Niels Plenge

The artist poses as the most clichéd stereotype of an exotic woman. Just recently dumped for a black woman, she expresses great anger at being at the bottom of the racial hierarchy in her capacity as an Asian.

Exhibitions: 
2005: Accent, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Absolute Summer Show *, Kirkhoff Contemporary, Copenhagen

2006: Regarding Denmark, Illena Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens, Woman in the Rhythm * (solo), Gävle Kunstcentrum, Gävle 

2007: Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, New York & Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Machine-RAUM, BIZ-ArT in collaboration with Vejle Kunstmuseum, Vejle, Su búsqueda – “exotismo o pornografía” – no produjo ningún resultado, zero1, Museu Comarcal de la Garrotxa, Olot, Kærlighed *, Kunsthal Brænderigården, Viborg

2009: Luckily – she had a sense of humor, Galleri Myymälä, Helsinki

2010: Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg

(*) Live performance at the Vernissage

Performance. 
2006: Cibobrowski & Rasmussen, Rust, Kopenhagen, Lille Vega, Copenhagen

2007: Dansk Røde Kors, Hal D, Copenhagen, Krabbesholm Højskole 100 Years Anniversary, Skive

2008: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Copenhagen Unfair, Copenhagen

2009: Viva, La Centrale, Montreal, Renwick Gallery, New York City

2010: Pumpehuset, Copenhagen

Collection: 
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

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