What is the practice of Parrotism?
Parrotism is a radical act which transforms the realm of language into a
continuous, perpetual present.
It is the persuasion to place no value in the meaning of signs.
It asserts subjectivity through the empirical reshuffle of readymade
meanings, yet it eradicates any subjective claim to originality.
It invites sensual escapism, although it only leads into a mirror.
It paradoxically stands for both paganism and divine inspiration.
It is an invitation to abandon the site of our belief system: a pile of
ashes.
It is about the love for art objects that promote social responsibility
through the finesse of representation, yet it functions as the most
convenient way to avoid political engagement without becoming a target.
It is like the culture we have made: full of parrot talk.
It is like reality: a repetition; go open your window and hear the
cacophony!
It is an allegory of the postcolonial avant-garde, yet it is not only
an allegory of the postcolonial avant-garde.
And most important: it is about getting in touch with the wounded inner
parrot we all have inside.
Parrot Theory (anonymous)

Selected exhibitions: 2003: Skin Deep Only, International Center of Photography, New York; Bienal Ceara America: De Ponta Cabeça, Museo de Arte Contemporanea do Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil; Paradise Lost?, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami; 2002: Etnografía: modo de empleo, Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas, Venezuela; Melodrama, Artium, Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo/MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo; 2001: Yokohama Triennale; 2000: V Biennale de Lyon; III Kwangju Biennale; EV+A 2000: Casa Ideal, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela; The End: An Independent Vision of Contemporary Culture 1982-2000, Exit Art, New York; 1999: Site Santa Fe III International Biennial, New Mexico; 1998: The Garden of Forking Paths, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen; Bienal Barro de America, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas, Venezuela.