From quiet beginnings just a few weeks ago, 'The Rapist is You!' - the creation of four performance artists from a Chilean feminist group - has turned into a mighty global roar against sexual violence.
Initially planned as a small part of a bigger artistic event about rape, LasTesis said they decided to release the performance early after complaints of police abuse of women emerged during a crackdown on recent social protests in Chile.
"It seems that worldwide we perceive the same feelings about our bodies and our life experiences and this has transformed into a great song," said the group, composed of actresses Sibila Sotomayor and Dafne Valdes, designer Paula Cometa and wardrobe artist Read Caceres, all aged 31.The four women make up what they define as"an interdisciplinary collective of women who, through performance, address gender issues from a feminist perspective.
On Wednesday, as the women went through their pulsating routine outside the national stadium - a secret detention centre during Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship - many felt moved to tell their own stories of abuse.
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