Object-Orientalis By Eva Rocha

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We chose “Object-Orientalis” project by Eva Rocha.This project was video loops giving the impression of living brings inside the crates naked. The crates were real, but they showed women inside the crates with the help of projectors. Eva Rocha asked women volunteer of all ethnicities and all body types to create a video footage. Women who wanted to volunteer would have to be 18 or over, one side of the body has to be free of tattoos, and willing to filmed nude. Eva Rocha developed this project to give the face to those women who caught in trafficking or treated like the non-living thing. The purpose of this project is to raise awareness in our society about human trafficking. There are approximately 17,500 people are trafficked in America every

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