CDMX, Mexico
sombras
Grief serves as a poignant lens through which to examine layered relationships with our surroundings. Environmental extraction results in an ecological imbalance and loss of biodiversity at an unprecedented pace, concealed under an orderly colonial narrative of achievement and progress. This occurs in tandem, most commonly with detrimental impacts on Indigenous communities. In my site-specific research, the Earth itself becomes a grieving entity, mourning the loss of its vital resources and the destruction of its ecosystems. Yet, amidst the grief, the natural world possesses an inherent capacity for regeneration. Efforts towards reciprocity, environmental restoration and conservation while embracing the sustaining aspects of community, joy and play are at the core of this exploration.
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while it reveals itself (2024)
coffee grinds, found moulded acrylic binder, braided palm leaf - 11.5x14"
dust fall (2024)
graphite on paper - 22.5x30"
mutual observer (2024)
graphite on paper - 22.5x30"
leavings (2024)
found objects (construction fencing, lollipop wrappers, organic matter, fish bones, shells, plastic wrap, fruit wrap, moldy acrylic binder, volcanic rock) and braided palm leaf - approx. 52x30"
