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ARTIST STATEMENT:
Our piece “Like Treason?” came to be from a desire Eloise and I had to explore the topics of our identity, queerness, and sense of belonging, highlighting the experience of being connected to specific domestic struggles while no longer being a part of them in our immediate environment. We also wanted to explore themes that are more personal—like family, disappointment, queerness, and an unshakable feeling of being a traitor by simply living our lives authentically. Hence, we sat together and created a piece that explores this through a dialogue between four characters—the selves and the others, representing our internal dialogues and the desire to separate ourselves from the scary feelings and questions we may have. In the rehearsal room, this piece grew to become a truly collaborative effort with our cast adding their voices and personal experiences to enrich the concept and make it truly come to life. Together, in this journey of questions, we arrived at a single answer: that even if we are unable to understand or make sense of our feelings and insecurities—the questions that come from them are worth asking, especially when it is hard to do so.
–Sofia Arredondo
BIO:
Sofia Lopez Arredondo (they/she) is a multidisciplinary artist from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, currently based in New York City. Working across disciplines, in their art practice they aim to explore topics such as mental health, gender violence, lesbianism, religion, and the mestize identity. Arredondo is a first-year student at NYU Gallatin, working towards building a concentration Home: domesticity, settler colonialism, and the performance of identity. They cite their artistic drive as stemming from their upbringing within the colors and nuances of Mexican culture while grappling with their identity as a queer person, and also from witnessing their mother in her practice of the art of parenthood. Arredondo is excited to continue their artistic journey within NYU, and make connections within the vibrant community of artists and creators around them.
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