David Dean Mendoza

• String Quartet No. 1

string quartet I.  II.  III.  IV.  V.  (2006)  18:00  Recital Hall, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA  (ii, III performed live but not recorded) 

• Four Impressions of Torture

by:  Monica Benitz, Shaun Vendryes, David Mendoza

for multimedia installation contained within four rooms, prerecorded video, prerecorded sound, actors, still images, and set design.

Duration: indeterminate, Performed at Florida International University, Miami, FL USA (2006) (performed live but not recorded)

 
Room 1 - A room that represents a stylistic interpretation of a typical America living room. The room contains a TV displaying how the media has reacted to involvement in Iraq.

Room 2 - A room shows graphic images of torture (by Monica Benitez) with a sound documentary (by David Mendoza) of first hand accounts of people involved in: American prison abuse, Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, and Camp X-ray in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Room 3 - A room that reveals a stylistic performance of a typical interrogation of a detainne by an independent contractor working for the US government.  Our actor is an expert in implementing these interrogations and does not wish to be identified.  

Room 4 - A room that displays a silent video (by Shaun Vendryes) of recently released video of the Abu Ghraib prison interlaced with text.

• Meditation
  

for prerecorded sound (2006) 6:16 Performance TBA (Audio Digitally Mastered in New York City by Charlie Mendoza Paralux Productions)

• Elegy for the Victims of the Iraq War

for prerecorded sound (2006) 3:45 Performance TBA (Audio Digitally Mastered in New York City by Charlie Mendoza Paralux Productions)