Hybrid Identities
Explores a complex subject of identity. My ongoing work activates a space that cultivates a community experience and interaction, where I invites the audiences to sit on chairs crafted from experiences of my own non-linear identity, providing an opportunity for mindful discussions that contemplate ancestry,memories, and hybrid identities. Each chair is purposefully labored over; woven, wrapped, painted, deconstructed, and embroidered in resistance of decoration as “women’s work”,“craft”,or “bad design”.
While reflecting on themes of identity, I often contemplate being a female chicanx designer, and the lack of visbility for people of color within the history of design. Society typically views non-westernized and cultural artifacts as historical, rather than modern or contemporary, and are not typically found within academic design courses. Historically, design has also excluded craft as authentic design, and traditionally favored non-decorative and minimal objects as “good design” due to easier industrial fabrication. When did a eurocentric and westernized influence take over traditional design and making methods? Why was craft seen as “tacky”? More importantly, I wanted to connect my own hybrid identity of being both Mexican and American within these initial questions.
Materials: Metal, spray paint, cord, embroidery, wool yarn, and beading
BROAD MAGAZINE
Before Roe v. Wade was overturned, the future of bodily autonomy and what that meant for the future of contraceptives, was already a concerning issue. With that in mind, in 2021, I began researching and writing current and future outcomes for the health industry, specifically focusing on oral and physical contraceptives. Based on my research, I speculated what that could potentially mean for future bodies. Additionally, after following the political climate of 2020 and 2021, I unintentionally predicted the over turn of Roe vs. Wade in my writing.
The results of my research eventually produced a mock magazine entitled, BROAD Magazine, focused on culture, lifestyle, politics, and the progressive woman. As Editor-in-Chief, I dedicated the Fall issue to the re-established Roe v. Wade in 2034, and discussed the history of materials and methods, different process’s, services, and supply chain regarding all forms of contraceptives.
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SOVEREIGN
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DOGOLOGY
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