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forbidden in a place that was meant only for men. Osorio had many different men from all ages featured in the videos for the installation as a way to portray and explore the issue of machismo in the Latino community. Osorio also brought women into the video installations as a way to try and break the gender boundary of the barbershop. Sixteen video monitors were put on display showing the different men in different physical and emotional states of masculinity along with two color monitors displaying men crying without any audio. The walls of the barbershop were lined with portraits of different Latino men, Benjamin Osorio (his father) being the biggest portrait.
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showing larger-than-life stereotypes about Puerto Rican culture. The living and dining rooms are filled with an overwhelming proliferation of religious figures, trophies, small framed photographs, enlarged photographs, Puerto Rican flags and souvenirs, and ads for Latino food products, along with Osorio's other embellishments. The gold silk sofa is stabbed with more than half a dozen souvenir machetes that say, "Puerto Rico." The dead body, which is hard to find in the overly-decorated living room, alludes to the way
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on welfare. They show our humanity not our struggles and empowerment." The installation makes it clear that the real crime is how Puerto Ricans and
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which had large photographs of Soto and Osorio, was also a way of introducing Juana to Merián, whom Osorio later married. Osorio often collaborated with choreographer Soto in performances and as a set and installation designer. Osorio integrated performance and dance into his work as a way to more
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Osorio uses film as a way to be there in the piece when he can’t physically. Osorio decided after having his work at the
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