CAHSS Faculty Presentations, Proceedings, Lectures, and Symposia
Title
America 2016
Event Name
Concrete & Adrift: On the Poverty Line
Event Location
Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana
Department
Department of Performing and Visual Arts
Document Type
Other
Presentation Date
2019
Date Range:
2019-03-01 to 2019-06-22
Description
2016, collage & string
This piece illustrates the power and lack thereof of the poor communities within South Florida, specifically Liberty City and Opa Locka. Growing up around thee areas and observin the disproportionate funding of these neighborhoods in comparison to South Beach and the other tourist locations has created a barrier, for me, in terms of what's REAL Miami. I would like my work to showcase the authentic and sometimes nostalgic view of a "thriving" city.
I want my images to help educate, communicate, and foster uncomfortable topics that we seem to look past or avoid in our multi-cultural society. Representing individuals within poor communities in the US, these portraits help me, as an Afro-Dominican American, come to terms with the way I too have adopted and performed identities of survival.
NSUWorks Citation
Lopez-Moreno, Kandy G., "America 2016" (2019). CAHSS Faculty Presentations, Proceedings, Lectures, and Symposia. 2544.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cahss_facpres/2544
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