This paper examines the video performances of Pola Weiss and Ana Mendieta as ritual acts that blur the boundaries between the material and spiritual realms. Both artists use their bodies as symbolic tools within charged spaces—natural landscapes, domestic interiors, and ruins—transforming them into sites of sacred expression. Their videos function not just as documentation, but as visual rituals that summon ancestral, feminist, and elemental presences. In line with the theme The Power of Images in Sacred and Festive Spaces, this research explores how their imagery fosters transcendental experience and collective memory. It also highlights how their work contributes to conversations on decolonial aesthetics, feminist spirituality, and the emotional power of images in ritual practice. Through embodied performance, Weiss and Mendieta create images that are both personal and universal—icons of resistance, identity, and spiritual transformation.
