Taller de Superhéroes: A project of Puentes de Salud

Exhibition Info
Historic Landmark Building
The Alumni Gallery is pleased to present "Taller de Superhéroes: A project of Puentes de Salud".

Dirigido por los artistas/Led by: Artists LEMUS (BFA '20), Antonio Arroniz, and Ari Gutiérrez

Artistas Comunitarios Participantes/Participating Community Artists: Dulce Ramírez & Allan Ventura, Reyna Guzmán & Ellie Ramos, María Hernández & Itzel, Erick and Sergio Pérez, Antonio Arroniz & Maia Arroniz-Brown, Matilde Rosas & Natalie Muñóz, and Ivonne Pinto & Sophia Magollan

Taller de Superhéroes es una exploración de la fuerza migrante y las memorias ancestrales que respiran antigüedad, simbolismo personal y que son  dadas como herencia a sus hijos. Madres y padres migrantes trabajaron íntimamente para mostrarnos los recuerdos de sus lugares de origen, las cicatrices  que llevan y las historias que pasan a esta nueva generación a través de la creatividad sin límite que llevan dentro. Juntos, estos artistas, crearon trajes de superhéroes inspirados por conversaciones  y arte creado con sus hijas e hijos. En estos trajes se incluyen leyendas familiares,  símbolos y mitos del México prehispánico. Dentro de esta inspiración, crearon poemas entrelazando sus experiencias con la magia del mundo natural. Estos poemas dan lugar a esta animación de historias ensambladas como un alebrije visual.


Taller de Superheroes (Superhero Workshop) is an exploration of migrant strength and ancestral  memories that breathe ancient time and personal symbolism, and are given as  heirlooms by migrants to their children. Migrant mothers and fathers worked intimately to show us their memories of their places of origin, the scars they bear,  and the histories that they pass on to the next generation through the limitless creativity they carry inside themselves.Together, these artists created superhero costumes inspired by conversations and art built in tandem with their children. In the costumes, the artists included family legends, native iconography, and Mexican prehispanic myths. Using this tangible inspiration as a creative foundation, they composed poems that weave  together their experiences with the magic of the natural world. These poems tella  story half inverse and half in a vibrant animation that serves a visual alebrije.


 

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