LORENA LO PENA : Beauty Hurts

Beauty Hurts –A demonstration- presents us with the issue of feminine beauty ideals and their mediated social standards and beliefs; Historically women have had to undergo with beauty social standards and submit themselves to tortuous treatments to fulfill them.

A spa/medical/beauty demonstration, a history lecture, a teleshopping program as a platform to question social demands on beauty imposed by media, fashion and practiced in our daily routine.

Beauty Hurts - A Demonstration
DEC 2010
Brunel University
London UK

LO Peña (Lima, 1981)

BA. ‘Performing Arts’ at PUCP, Lima, Peru (2008). MA ‘Contemporary Performance Making’ at Brunel University, London, UK (2011) ans MA 'Creative Producing' at Birkbeck University of London, UK (2013).

As an Artist I investigate, explore and create performance pieces within the topics of gender, identity and body politics; I use as a source for my projects an autobiographical approach. My exploration travels through the limits between Physical Theatre, Live Art, Body Art, Installation and Multimedia Art. My experience as performer starts in 2002, but I have been creating Live Art projects since 2009.

BA. 'Artes Escénicas' en la PUCP, Lima, Perú (2008). MA 'Contemporary Performance Making' en la Universidad de Brunel, Londres, Reino Unido (2011) y MA ' Creative Producing' en la Universidad de Londres, Birkbeck College, Londres, Reino Unido (2013).

Como artista, investigo, exploro y creo piezas de Arte Acción dentro de los temas de género, identidad y políticas del cuerpo, usando como fuente de mis proyectos un enfoque autobiográfico. Mi exploración es interdisciplinaria y viaja a través de los límites de Teatro físico, Arte Acción, Body Art, Instalación y Arte Multimedia. Mi experiencia como Actriz/Performer se inicia en 2002, pero he enfocado mi trabajo en Arte Acción desde el 2009.

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Beauty Hurts - A Demonstration