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In 1998–1999 Bruguera created a behavior art piece titled "Destierro"(Displacement). This piece of work resembles the power figure ‘Nikis Nkonde’ and is supposed to draw attention to the empty promises the Cuban government made to its people during the revolution. With this piece of art Tania calls upon the Cuban people to take an active stance and demand that the Cuban government finally fulfill their promises. - from the original article

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Tania Bruguera's performance Destierro(Displacement) originally took place on August 13, 1998. Bruguera intentionally chose to do this performance on Fidel Castro's birthday. Bruguera walks through streets in Havana that restrict communal action and are kept watched by police. As Bruguera walks through the streets, a crowd gathers around her and follows her creating a procession. In this performance, Bruguera wore a suit that covered her and was made with layers of cuban earth. The suit also consisted of mud and had nails sticking out of it. The suit Bruguera is wearing is meant to represent the nkisi nkondi figure of the congo people. Bruguera walks through streets in Havana that restrict communal action and are kept watched by police. As Bruguera walks through the streets, a crowd gathers around her and follows her creating a procession.

19 years later in 2017, Bruguera revived her Destierro performance in Philadpelhia. This was done for an exhibition that Bruguera was a part of, Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flanerie, presented by the Barnes Foundation that included about over 50 international artists works.

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Tania Bruguera's performance Destierro(Displacement) originally took place on August 13, 1998. Bruguera intentionally chose to do this performance on Fidel Castro's birthday. Bruguera walks walked through streets in Havana that have restrictions on restrict communal action and are kept watched by police. As Bruguera walks walked through the streets, a crowd gathers gathered around her and follows followed her, creating a procession. In this performance, Bruguera wore a suit that covered her and was made with layers of cuban earth. The suit also consisted of mud and isn't this mud and the cuban earth the same material? had nails sticking out of it. The suit Bruguera is wearing is meant to wore represents the nkisi nkondi (link instead to Wikipage) figure of the congo Kongo people and is supposed to draw attention to the empty promises the Cuban government made to its people during the revolution. CITATION With this piece of art Tania calls upon the Cuban people to take an active stance and demand that the Cuban government finally fulfill their promises. 19 years later in 2017, Bruguera revived her Destierro performance in Philadpelhia Philadelphia. This was done for an exhibition that Bruguera was a part of entitled Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flanerie, presented by the Barnes Foundation that included about over 50 international artists works.

Note to Scalissi: The information that I am adding to this existing portion of Tania Bruguera's article adds more detail about her Destierro performance. I added a bit more context and description of what the performance was. I also added some information about how she did this performance later on.