Approximately thirty Sudanese women lie atop a white canvas on the ground. They lie, faces down, like dead bodies, piled one on top of the other. Their eyes are shut and their bodies are motionless. There is no talking and no sound.

The women's skin color is darkened by black makeup. A wide, red paint stroke horizontally crosses the canvas and the women's bodies, invoking a Viennese Actionism-performance painting (1960-1971). The stroke slashes the canvas and spills onto the ground.

This performance will take place at the Pescheria di Rialto-the fish market on Canal Grande, an open public space-during the days of the Venice Biennale. The event imitates the 1970s working-class and student demonstrations against the Government and Capitalists.

The canvas acts as both a stage for the performance and a painting. It speaks in a language that those attending the Venice Biennale will understand. It serves as a graphic representation of the ongoing violent massacres in Africa, particularly the genocide happening in the Darfur region of Sudan.

The performance's graphic image creates live what is shown daily on TV to a desensitized audience. It emphasizes the need to understand the reality behind the TV spectacle and to grasp the role the West plays in it...beyond the sensationalism of death and the confusion of war.