A collaborative Performance with LaRissa Rogers 23:49 min Documentation provided by LACE, edited by Vladimir Santos.
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Gemidos de la Tierra
Germidos de la Tierra is an installation piece that integrates two Lists of Deaths in ICE Detention Centers between 2003-2017 and 2018- October 2021. I used acquired soil to reembody the names of the deceased.
Cuerpes Cosmicos, 2021 (Cosmic Bodies)
Nakbe, El Mirador, Petén Guatemala Photos by Rony Rodriguez It's an activation in Nakbe, approximately 13 kilometers south of El Mirador in Guatemala. Nakbe is one of the oldest cities in the region currently occupied by Petén Itzá. Archaeological excavations in the...
Melodías que Comparten el Aliento/Melodies of Shared Breath, 2021
Collaborative performance between Jackie Amézquita and LaRissa Rogers. Performed at The Fronte Arte Cultura in San Ysidro. Soil from VA and Mexico/US border, celosia // 1hr 15 min // 2021. Photos taken by Alan Luna. Melodías que Comparten el Mismo Aliento/ Melodies of...
Barriletes, 2020
A collaborative installation with Julio Cesar Toruño Five kites that commemorate the children who lost their lives during ICE Custody Grand Park, Los Angeles, California Dimensions:...
invisible strokes, 2020
Down Towm, Los Angeles, California. Duration: 10 hrs 30 min A limpia (cleansing) in the streets of Los Angeles during a protest around Civic...
De Norte a Sur, 2019 (From North to South)
Playas de Tijuana US/Mexico border to Rio Suchiate, border of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico and Tecun Uman, Guatemala. Duration: 21 days from Sunrise to Sunset. July 20th to August 10th, 2019. De Norte a Sur is a performance piece that began at the southern U.S. border...
Huellas Que Germinan, 2018
Huellas que Germinan, 2018 (Foot Prints That Sprout), Amézquita embraces the precarity of the immigrant body as a site of resistance. Through it, Amézquita walked from the border of Tijuana, Mexico, to Los Angeles, California, for over eight consecutive days, from...
Boletos, 2018
A performance at the Border of Tecun Uman, Guatemala, and Tapachula, Mexico.
Tension, 2017
A collaborative performance during AMBOS Project with Tanya Agüiñiga. Douglas, Arizona-US, and Agua Prieta, Sonora-Mexico Backstrap weaving is a time-honored technique that requires a long, narrow loom wrapped around the waist of the weaver and secured to a stationary...