“Sometimes I feel challenged as an individual born in the U.S. because I do not feel completely American. This feeling has a direct impact on the images I create because it causes me to look inward to my own cultural base. In doing so I discover reasons for my life, such as why I have to create art.”
Glass Houses, 1997
This website was conceived and designed during a time when the digital era had just emerged as a tool of expression for artists exploring and integrating new technologies in the mid-late 90s. It is the story about my mother, a Mexican immigrant with a strong desire to raise her children with all the privileges of being “American.”
Visit: Glasshouses’ Website
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About Glass Houses
Funded in part by a California council of Humanities grant. This documentary project critically examine the personal histories of seven immigrant farm work families that settle in the colonies of Coachella Valley and further reveals their involvement in changing the California social landscape.
Visit: Life Cycle”s website
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Curatorial Statement
A collection of short videos created in collaboration with djR3Xg, Darren J. De Leon, Carlos Garcia, and Laura Araujo-Salinas. Each video shares a poetic vision of the forgotten, but vital immigrant experiences of Mexican/Mexican-American/ Chicano families and their unique, inspiring and difficult life-struggle to attain a better life.
Life Cycles’ Video Collection:
Cultural Crossings
A ” not-to-become” art project becomes a multi-faceted, interactive web-based documentary/performance art project.
goodgirlgoldie.com
This website was created to document the journey of a beautiful golden lab and pit-bull mix, named Goldie Garcia, and her Facebuqueros (Facebook friends) who helped her find “El Cuarto Mago” (the fourth wiseman) so she could get a farm for Christmas.
Read more about Goldie’s journey on Facebook::
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digital music compilation by DjR3Xg
WHAT IS A BOY TOY?
Is it a boyfriend? A friend with benefits? A sex buddy? A whore or lover? Maybe he is a pussy-whipped man, a booty call, a hottie, or a sugar daddy. Some women might add that a BT is eye candy, a casual sex partner, a one-night stand, a fantasy man, or even the perfect man. The choice is all yours because ‘The Manhunt Project’ will not place a label on your interpretation. Nor are there any explanations required for what you post.
The impetus for my projects is my desire to challenge audiences to think in unconventional ways with regard to “what art is” or “what art can be.” For example, each MHP project was conceived and designed to explore new possibilities for the gaze. More over, it is intended to examine contemporary themes about what shapes women’s sexual identities and fantasies.
This site was started on Facebook and in a not-so-surprising way the need existed to create a safe zone for women interested in empowering the voice of women as sexual beings. More specifically, on the Internet with it’s own domain name. On this site women do not need to wear hard hats unless they feel a need exists to protect themselves from others.
Pushing the boundaries that exist between politics and art is what fuels my desire to create reflections regarding the role in which contemporary society plays in shaping women’s sexual identities.
Keep in mind that I understand how revealing personal stories may not always be an easy task, and maybe not even enjoyable. So I thank you in advance for your participation in helping empower the voice of women.
