Hammer Museum: Las Nietas de NonΓ³, No More Tears Art Performance
Last December I had the honor of documenting artist collective πππ¬ ππ’ππππ¬ ππ ππΌπ§πΌΜ (@lasnietasdenono) in-gallery performance, ππΌ ππΌπ«π ππππ«π¬, in conjunction with their installation in the exhibition π΅π π―πππππ π°πππππππ
at the @hammer_museum.
The performance and installation ππΌ ππΌπ«π ππππ«π¬ (2021) is based on Las Nietas de NonΓ³βs ongoing correspondence with their cousins the Salgado brothers, who were recently released after serving several years in federal prison. No More Tears is a meditation on the emotional and mental paradigm one grapples with during incarceration and how loss of physical and spatial freedom heightens the interior, invoking the realms of memory and dreams as a survival mechanism in order to maintain personhood and connection to the outside world. The piece also functions as a restorative space of healing and closure, marking the end of the Salgado brothersβ incarceration and brings attention to the violent history of offshoring inmates to private facilities within the United States, located thousands of miles away from the island.
And thank you to @tinysleepy & @erinzulie, it is always a please to work with you both. πΉ
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