Vomite ergo sum!

In the video Emília Rigová vomits a substance reminiscent of gold. This radical artistic gesture may be interpreted in various ways. One of them is the metaphorical attempt to get rid of stereotypes of the visual identi-ty of the Roma minority, which is often associated with an addiction to gold teeth, jewels, and so forth. The title, paraphrasing Descartes’s statement “I think, therefore I am”, may be translated as “I vomit, therefore I am”. 

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