Elena Rojas García

Yo la copio

2022

After 20 years, my performance brings back the memory of the loss of my

dearest sister, Lina Marcela Mesa Rojas.

It is more than an act of representation, it is a moment captured in free

improvisation, evoking the union with my sister and the moment I felt when

she died.

What was lost? My loved one, my idol, my future reflection.

What was found? A way of being without her, without copying her, without

following her, even so, there are aspects that will remain forever as her

mark. I’ve been avoiding the pain, avoiding the memories, and I’ve been

viewing it all as a movie, or as a dream. Something that didn’t happen to

me. But I came to the realization that I need to revisit it. I need to have my

memories and my pain, because like an Unnamed War Veteran once said,

“I need to be a living memorial of those who died.”