El peso de la culpa is also the title of a series of performances by Tania Bruguera. In one of these performances, from 1997, the artist appeared naked, holding a sheep carcass as a shield, while eating small portions of Cuban soil for the duration of the piece. Eating soil was part of a collective suicide ritual practiced by Cuban indigenous people as a form of rebellion against their oppressors, the Spaniards. Within the Cuban context, this action was a comment on the socio-political situation and suggested history was being reenacted. In the mixed media on paper version of The Burden of Guilt, the artist spread wool thinly across the surface of the paper, making the background visible in some areas. The wool transcends the sheep and its death, reminding us of history, so as not to repeat it.