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CAT POWER Cat Power, the second video of ?Power Trilogy?, is the title that served as a source of inspiration for the underlying argument of the video: a girl gains the confidence of a little kitten by petting and them??eats it! In just a few seconds she gets a new projecting appendix. Cat Power refers to the recovery of wild untamed power through a ritual of appropiation. The central character appropiates the intuitive and wild part of the animal. The death of the cat is not in vain, it is necessary to recover a lost and forgotten wild nature. A mutation is produced. Both, human and animal coexist in the same body. They are no longer who they used to be and have become a new hybridised being gifted with new characteristics that make it more complete and fit for survival. The conduit in that video is the cat, whose sacrifice transmits a savage instinct and nature to the central character. This video explores the atavistic underpinnings of intuition.

Biographical note Marta Serna. Visual artist. Graduated from Complutense University of Madrid (1993) with a degree in Fine Arts, majoring in Painting. She also studied Classical Dance at the Royal College of London, Spanish Dance at the Royal Conservatory of Córdoba and Oriental Dance. She has created stage sets for films, theatre and television, and has taken part with diferent dance companys In worshops and performances, including Contemporary Stage. As a visual artist she is concentrated on illustration, traditional animation video, mural Installations in vinyl and plastics sculptures . She has shown her work in Spain, U.K, Mexico and USA. Now she is currently working with Espacio Marzana Gallery in Bilbao, Spain. Serna?s latest solo exhibition are ? Winter Tale? Espacio Frágil, Madrid., ?Black Sparkle?, Espacio Marzana, Bilbao and ?Black Wings?, Domus Artium, Salmanca, all in Spain (2010). ?Dark Delicate?, Cubo Azul Gallery, León (2009). ?Cruel but Fair?, Rosa Santos Gallery, Valencia and ? Blood Breath?, NO-ID Gallery, London (2008). ?Havoc Amazing Cosmic Trip?, Proyect 142, London ( 2007). And Colectives like ?Merrie Melodies?, Domus Artium, Salamanca (2010) ? ARCO 2009 Premios Creación Artística Comunidad de Madrid? ?Bloody Boots? ARCO 2008, and the visual proyect ?Bloody Little Creatures? for the group The Cure in London.