Houston's Verónica Gaona talks death, diaspora, and truck burnouts in new performance piece
'for those who do not return in life there is always death' performance-art piece from Veronica Gaona at Lawndale Art and Performance CenterThe United States and Mexico are two countries divided by a wall, both physical and spiritual.
Gaono, a child of Mexican immigrants as well as the artist-in-residence at Lawndale, was keen to use the trucks because of their importance in Mexican diaspora life. 'for those who do not return in life there is always death' performance art piece from Veronica Gaona at Lawndale Art and Performance CenterShe says there are also elements of the takuache scene:"takuache" is slang for people who sport a contemporary ranchera sensibility."There’s a subculture across the U.S. of young adult takuaches and putting trucks down low," she continues."So I am thinking about this contemporary truck scene, too.
“I am trying to subvert the structure of powers with untraditional monuments," she says. “Most monuments are solid in nature, made of stone, permanent. I am really trying to make pieces that are impermanent because that speaks to my identity as an artist and a child of Mexican migrants. There are a lot of spatial issue at play with migrants because there is the distance between the host country and the homeland that we are from. That space is what I am interested in.
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