Sofía Batres - WE DON'T WANT TO RETURN TO NORMALITY, WE WANT TO RETURN TO THE EARTH!
DESCRIPTION:
Heavily inspired by the revolutionaries of the EZLN and Third-World Women feminists, Cherie Morraga and Maya Chinchilla, I wanted to reimagine what it'd look like for my women to go into battle. A mix of militant imagery with mythological creatures that take inspiration from my Mayan culture to embody a decolonial future that becomes the instruction manual for creating an alternative pluriverse for those whose bodies and lands have been forced to serve as testing grounds and battlefields in western narratives of progress.
MATERIALS:
A visual piece made up of found materials, weaving, and lots of cardboard.