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Our Mothers, Our Daughters, and Our Forgotten Sisters
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STATEMENT:
Our Mothers, Our Daughters, and Our Forgotten Sisters is a series of protest collages centering key players of the radical feminist movement growing in my native Mexico. Official reports tell us 3,462 women in Mexico were victims of femicide last year. As an artist, it feels imperative for me to make work that brings visibility to this struggle. Taking inspiration from the aesthetics of classic war propaganda posters, we highlight the figure of the grieving mother seeking justice for her child; the daughters, representing here the Maquiladoras— young female factory laborers murdered at alarming rates; and our forgotten sisters—indigenous women, the population most affected by femicide yet also the most forgotten.
All in all, this piece is meant to send a clear message: this is a fight we won’t back down from. We cannot keep silent; we will not keep silent.
Queer Time
STATEMENT:
An ever-evolving collaborative zine, queer time is meant to archive different aspects of queer existence by and for queer people and is usually framed and carried by definitions: what does this specific aspect of queerness mean to us and why? Up until recently, queerness was seldom recorded and forever defined by those outside of it, leaving us to enter spaces, labels, words, and definitions that never quite belonged to us; queer time is set on going against this archival violence committed to our community, and meant to create a space for queer voices to speak for themselves and fully indulge in the miracle of queerness. Our third volume, the one about gender, delves into the possibilities of gender exploration beyond binaries. It features selections from interviews with trans binary and non-binary individuals and art and writing from artists MOON, Lennie Manioudakis, Matt Zhang, CJ, Lillian Lippold, and Alex Ridley.
BIO:
Sofia Lopez Arredondo (they/them) 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 queerness, gender violence, religion, and the mestize identity. Sofia is committed to working across forms and thrives in the infinite possibility of being able to have a practice in visual art, theater, photography, writing, and mixed media projects. Sofia is a current student at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, building a concentration around art activism and the decolonization of queer archives. They are excited to continue their artistic journey and make connections within the vibrant community of artists and creators around them.
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