AL OTRO LADO (OJITOS)  (2023-ongoing) 

The title of this new work in progress is titled "al otro lado" meaning, "on the other side". It is a large scale performance work in progress performed in its first iteration at The Hyde Park Art Center for the closing of the Ground Floor Biennial Exhibition (March 2, 2023). 

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It is a sequel or part two to "Con Esos Ojos".  It is a rhapsodic expression and addition to feelings I’ve explored for some time now around the queer work of mending severed ties to motherland/bloodline, a process that will most likely take a whole lifetime. It is part lipsync-conjuring-stream of consciousness-activation-acceptance speech. 

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This work yearns to answer the question of a previous chapter, "do you see yourself in all of this?" The answer being yes, but... 

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It is a coming to terms with the complicatedness and friction of in intersectional, queer identity caught in the sphere of the Salvadorian diaspora. 

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photographed by Natasha Moustache, video by Ruby Que (courtesy of Hyde Park Art Center)