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.
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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...
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...