El Jardín De Senderos Que Se Bifurcan | 2018 to 2021
Named after a time-bending short story by Borges, El Jardín de Senderos Que Se Bifurcan moves fluidly between found vernacular photographs, my own original text, and appropriated images from 1979 Peruvian magazines I collected in Lima. Indigenous to Peru and orphaned as an infant I was adopted into a transracial family from the American coal country. After thirty years I returned to the orphanage where I was born. I set out not to recover some stable authentic identity hidden by the circumstances of my birth and adoption, but rather to build a psychic history, to imagine lineages, invent mothers, and to resurrect ancestors in an effort to understand my place within the larger political, social, and historical narratives of my birth place– Lima, Peru circa 1979. Description: Conceived as a book project published in 2021, this modular exhibition consists of photographs and text as Xerographs, Silver Gelatin Prints, Adhesive Wallpaper, and Pigment Prints. Original poetry exhibited as framed text and sound. All dimensions variable to accommodate given space.
Supported by the 2020 Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize
Named after a time-bending short story by Borges, El Jardín de Senderos Que Se Bifurcan moves fluidly between found vernacular photographs, my own original text, and appropriated images from 1979 Peruvian magazines I collected in Lima. Indigenous to Peru and orphaned as an infant I was adopted into a transracial family from the American coal country. After thirty years I returned to the orphanage where I was born. I set out not to recover some stable authentic identity hidden by the circumstances of my birth and adoption, but rather to build a psychic history, to imagine lineages, invent mothers, and to resurrect ancestors in an effort to understand my place within the larger political, social, and historical narratives of my birth place– Lima, Peru circa 1979. Description: Conceived as a book project published in 2021, this modular exhibition consists of photographs and text as Xerographs, Silver Gelatin Prints, Adhesive Wallpaper, and Pigment Prints. Original poetry exhibited as framed text and sound. All dimensions variable to accommodate given space.
Supported by the 2020 Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize
Installation View, MIM Gallery, 2021.
Two Headed Goat, Museum of Birth Defects, Cusco, Peru, 2011.
16x16 Silver Gelatin Print
16x16 Silver Gelatin Print
Holding Hands, 2018.
11x17 Xerox Print
11x17 Xerox Print
(Sites of Violence) Walking Woman with Bag (September 1979, Lima, Peru) 2018.
Variable Size, Pigment on Adhesive Wallpaper.
Variable Size, Pigment on Adhesive Wallpaper.
(Sites of Violence) Self Portrait as Walking Woman with Bag, September 1979, Lima, Peru/ Claremont, CA, 2018.
40x40 Pigment Print
40x40 Pigment Print
(Sites of Violence) Self Portrait as Walking Woman with Bag (Turned), September 1979, Lima, Peru/ Claremont, CA, 2018.
40x40 Pigment Print
40x40 Pigment Print
(Sites of Violence) Walking Woman with Bag (Cut), September 1979, Lima, Peru/ Claremont, CA, 2018.
40x40 Pigment Print
40x40 Pigment Print
Time Twin (Triptych), Self-Portrait as Angie, Lima, Peru 1979 / Lima, Peru 2014 / Claremont, CA, 2018.
Pigment Prints or Silver Gelatin Prints
24''x24'' each
Pigment Prints or Silver Gelatin Prints
24''x24'' each
Time Twin, Self Portrait as Claudia, Lima, Peru 1979 / Claremont, CA 2017.
16x16 Silver Gelatin Print
16x16 Silver Gelatin Print
Time Twin (Triptych), Self-Portrait as Lynda, Lima, Peru 1979 / Lima, Peru 2014 / Claremont, CA, 2018.
Pigment Prints or Silver Gelatin Prints
24''x24'' each
Pigment Prints or Silver Gelatin Prints
24''x24'' each
Time Twin (Triptych), Self-Portrait as Rosa, Lima, Peru 1979 / Lima, Peru 2014 / Claremont, CA, 2018.
Pigment Prints or Silver Gelatin Prints
24''x24'' each
Pigment Prints or Silver Gelatin Prints
24''x24'' each
Twin Beds, Coaldale, PA, 1989, 2001.
16x16 Silver Gelatin Print
16x16 Silver Gelatin Print
Angie Descending the Stairs 1, Lima, Peru, 2014.
16x16 Silver Gelatin Print
16x16 Silver Gelatin Print
Angie Descending the Stairs 2, Lima, Peru, 2014.
16x16 Silver Gelatin Print
16x16 Silver Gelatin Print
The Photographer's Presence 1, Lima, Peru, 2014.
16x16 Silver Gelatin Print
16x16 Silver Gelatin Print
The Photographer's Presence 2, Lima, Peru, 2014.
16x16 Silver Gelatin Print
16x16 Silver Gelatin Print
Holding Hands, 2018.
11x17 Xerox Print
11x17 Xerox Print
(Sites of Violence) Three Women Standing (July 1979, Lima, Peru) 2018.
Variable Size, Pigment on Adhesive Wallpaper
Variable Size, Pigment on Adhesive Wallpaper
Holding Hands, 2018.
11x17 Xerox Print
11x17 Xerox Print
An Offering to Sarita Colonia (1979, Lima, Peru) 2018.
24x36 Pigment Print
24x36 Pigment Print
Nude Woman Walking (December 1979, Lima, Peru) 2018.
Variable Size, Pigment on Adhesive Wallpaper
Variable Size, Pigment on Adhesive Wallpaper
Dead Ringer on Mirror (1979 Lima, Peru) 2018.
40x50 Pigment Print/8x10 Silver Gelatin
40x50 Pigment Print/8x10 Silver Gelatin
Has Anyone Ever Seen a Photograph of Rape?, 2018.
11x17 Zerox Print
11x17 Zerox Print
Dead Ringer/Self Portrait as Found Photograph (1979 Lima, Peru) 2018.
40x50 or 24x36 Pigment Print
40x50 or 24x36 Pigment Print
Holding Hands, 2018.
11x17 Xerox Print
11x17 Xerox Print
An Offering to Sister Leoni (Lima, Peru 1979) 2018.
40x50 Pigment Print/11x17 Xerox Print
40x50 Pigment Print/11x17 Xerox Print
The Envelope 1 (Diptych), October 1977, Lima, Peru/ Lima, Peru, 2011.
8x10 Pigment Print
8x10 Pigment Print
The Envelope 2 (Diptych), October 1977, Lima, Peru/ Lima, Peru, 2011.
8x10 Pigment Print
8x10 Pigment Print
Holding Hands, 2018.
11 x17 Xerox Print
11 x17 Xerox Print
An Offering to the Father (Lima, Peru, 1979) 2018.
40x50 Pigment Print/11x17 Xerox Print
40x50 Pigment Print/11x17 Xerox Print
Holding Hands, 2018.
11x17 Xerox Print
11x17 Xerox Print
(Sites of Violence) Self Portrait as Walking Woman with Bag (Cut 2), September 1979, Lima, Peru/ Claremont, CA, 2018.
Variable Size, Adhesive Wallpaper.
Variable Size, Adhesive Wallpaper.
