Oct 29 – Nov 2, 2007: Homage to a Hero by Kata Mejia
”Homage to a Hero” is the third performance of three and commemorates the one year anniversary of the artist’s youngest brother being murdered. It is a performance installation to pay homage to his life which he sacrificed
to save his loved ones. The second and third performances of the three were conceived after his death yet all are related.

This trilogy began with “Beyond The Threshold” which explored the idea of transcendence. It continued with “Healing” which explored the pain and suffering associated with the loss of a loved one and concludes with “Homage to a Hero”.

“Homage to a Hero” is a two day performance Installation that recreates a farewell ritual. On the anniversary of her murdered brother’s birthday that would have been his 22nd, the artist symbolically guides her hero brother to the eternal realm.

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This was a great moment on our trip to Puerto Rico.  Claire and I had a great time exploring as a dancer and a photographer in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.

I took some time to start looking at some of the detail of the Roger Smith that make it unique. Rather than looking at a whole room I picked out a few things that I found interesting. The images are playing with depth of field and exploring the soft blurriness of short depth of field. In playing with John Birdsong’s (of Panman Production) camera and lens I realized what great soft depth of field you can get on an f1.4 lens. I went out and bought the Canon 50mm f1.4 for my Canon 50D and found that it give fantastic softness and have been very fun to use. This is just the start of the exploration, but leave your comments about what your thoughts are and I will continue to explore this idea.

Photographs by Adam Wallace