CASITEROS
Alexandra Gelis
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Experimental Canada/Colombia 2011 No dialogue/sans dialogue 0:01:11
The body as an immanent part of the landscape. About tenderness and innocence.
Casiteros is an observational video introducing Pachito and his kitten. They both live in a disadvantaged neighbourhood called El Bosque (The Woods) in Cartagena, Colombia. In Pachito’s house, there are approximately 150 roosters bred for cockfighting that sing in unison each morning. The work deals with tenderness, vulnerability, and innocence and hidden traumas. I was compelled to make this video when I learned that Panchito is a victim of sexual abuse, a common and known by everyone where younger boys have to have sex with older boys to get protection. Casiteros, makes reference to the young boys that plays to make little houses as part of the dynamic.