{"id":1813,"date":"2023-09-11T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T07:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afghanistan.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2023-09-30T07:29:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T07:29:30","slug":"this-video-does-not-show-french-people-urinating-on-an-african-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afghanistan.factcrescendo.com\/english\/this-video-does-not-show-french-people-urinating-on-an-african-child\/","title":{"rendered":"This video does not show French people urinating on an African child"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The video was a theoretical work of art by Regina Jose Galindo, a Brazilian performance artist. It was meant to draw attention to the suffering of Latin American women. It dates back to 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A disturbing video of two men and a woman urinating on a naked person sitting on the ground with their legs folded and head bent down was widely shared on social media. Caption states \u201cFRENCH PEOPLE STRIPPED A MALIAN CHILD NAKED & URINATED ON HIM. This is the filth of France, D ugliest scandal of D twenty-first century!!! D inhuman and shocking scene of \u201ctwo men & a woman\u201d urinating on an African child, in one of the French villages\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We began our search with a keyword and reverse image on Google, and we found<\/a> that the widely circulated video was the work of Regina Jos\u00e9 Galindo, a performance artist titled “Piedra” to draw attention to the suffering of Latin American women. The Pissing on Patriarchy- Urine as a Feminist Symbol in Contemporary Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In further search we found a longer version of the video which was posted on Vimeo<\/a> on 6 December, 2016. The video was uploaded with the title, \u201cPerformance PIEDRA de REGINA JOSE GALINDO.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The video was a work of a Guatemalan performance artist Regina Jose Galindo. According to the Hemispheric Institute<\/a>, which connects artists, scholars, and activists from across the Americas, the video was recorded on January 17, 2013 at the institute\u2019s 8th Annual Encuentro in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the viral video to be False<\/strong>. The video was a theoretical work of art by Regina Jose Galindo, a Brazilian performance artist. It was meant to draw attention to the suffering of Latin American women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t