The artist known as

almarayen — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:00:46 +0000

Video and photo collage, 2023

Mamá Astronauta/Astronaut Mom

almarayen — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 21:04:26 +0000

Visual research project.
La Serena, Chile 2019- Charlottesville, USA, 2022.
Part 1: Serie 6 digital collages and 3 digital video collages.
Part 2 (Landing): Digital video, installation, Performance, and public engagement device.

Astronaut Mom” started as a game between my kids and me during the worst and most isolating part of the COVID pandemic. My older son and I took a serie of photographs using a toy astronaut helmet. Eventually, these games formed a collection of poorly focused, low-resolution, and crazy images, which became a way of poetic resistance, helping me to reframe the most difficult moments of my life as a mother. Through these pictures, I could reflect and begin a path to healing traumatic experiences related to obstetric violence, postpartum depression, and lonely, isolated maternity. Simultaneously, I could connect with the experiences of other moms and open the narrative.

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Digital Video

Astronaut Mom__Landing is the final chapter of the visual and collaborative investigation that concludes the “Astronaut Mom” series. Upon arriving in the USA, the artist sought to connect her own personal experiences of motherhood as a South American/Latin American woman with the subjective narratives of three local mothers who were part of a shared space for moms and kids during the New City Arts Gallery Fellowship. The outcome is a video that highlights the primary challenges of motherhood in a shared patriarchal context.

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Participative Instalation
Baby carrier from the Chilean government
Ribbons with mother guilt write down.

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Concepts wall.
Printed paper and masking tape. Variable dimensions

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Live Performance/ 15 minutes /2022

Pandemic Collages and Videos

almarayen — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 21:00:16 +0000

Before I left college, I was convinced that I could never become a visual artist. It took me 15 years and the COVID pandemic to make me realize that I truly needed it, genuinely enjoyed it, and that it didn’t matter whether I was good or not. Long story short, thanks to the opportunity provided by Marcela Villanueva and Karne Kunst, I returned to experimenting with images and developed a means of expression that I continue to nurture. These were my initial attempts and a way to reconnect with my visual language using the tools at my disposal.

Also, working deeply submerged in the motherhood, this images start to build my next project.

digitall video – Let's see what happens

The artist known as

Mamá Astronauta/Astronaut Mom

Visual research project.La Serena, Chile 2019- Charlottesville, USA, 2022.Part 1: Serie 6 digital collages and 3 digital video collages.Part 2 (Landing): Digital video, installation, Performance, and public engagement device.

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Participative InstalationBaby carrier from the Chilean governmentRibbons with mother guilt write down.

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