โโโ๐๐๐ถ๐๐น๐๐ถ ๐๐๐๐โ soft sculpture with found horse hair and red skirt.
โ๐๐ถ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ถ ๐ ๐ถ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐พ๐น๐ถ๐โ
โ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐ป ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐พ๐๐ฝ๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐พ๐๐ฝโ - soft sculpture
โ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ธ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฝโ clay, fish line, photo transfer to cotton, cement blocks
โ๐พ๐ท๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐น๐ช๐ต๐ถ ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ผโ
This piece is inspired by the way moss grows by requiring water and growing new shoots, or by breaking off in pieces and moving via wind or water to a new location.
โ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐โ
Oct 04 2021
My work focuses on Puerto Rican epistemology by centering on our connection to land. In Land Reflections, soil was placed on a mirror, with pieces of a photograph that are placed firmly and deeply in the soil. In the soil, the roots of Yerba Buena grow into the foundation. Inspired by the quote, "when there are no more Boris (Puerto Rican people) around these parts, maybe it is time to fertilize the soil with our own body," Land Relflectons, reflects on the displacement of people and land through disaster capitalism, global warming, and forced migration.
โpieces of me ... if shedding pieces of my skin was an actโ
Laxtex platano and pieces of dried latex