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Di•As•Po•Ra: Displaced, Not Erased., Betty Álvarez
Di•As•Po•Ra: Displaced, Not Erased., Betty Álvarez
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This thesis is based on my artistic endeavors and research founded in my culture, family, the history of the United States government’s intervention in El Salvador, and the current political climate Latin Americans face today in the United States. I work within multiple mediums to resurrect pieces of my culture that are being forgotten or left behind due to assimilation. I accomplish this through revisiting and reinterpreting traditions. I aim to bring awareness of the Latin experience in a racially divided United States through artistic expression and my own personal experiences. My works are made to feel whimsical and playful, …
A Fly Has Died A Splendid Death In A Pool Of Strawberry Ice Cream., Miranda L. Becht
A Fly Has Died A Splendid Death In A Pool Of Strawberry Ice Cream., Miranda L. Becht
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Humans have evolved an overwhelming awareness of self, other, life, and death. We have learned to selectively process information and to replace dissociated memories with less disturbing ones. We have evolved this ability to deceive ourselves, thus producing a personal reality that is innately false. As a society we tend to idealize our vision of the past, particularly our vision of home. Our idealized notion of home presents itself as a supposedly traditional form of domestic life, but bears little relation to the way people actually lived. This concept of a cozy home full of family love is an invented …