This series poetically explores the complexities and impacts of assimilation through the lens of the Mexican-immigrant and Mexican-American experience. Since 2009, I have been dedicated to creating an interdisciplinary body of work that chronicles my family’s history in the U.S. as it transitions from immigrants to first-, second-, and third-generation Mexican Americans. I explore our collective identity at the intersection of race, language, class and labor as a way to further grapple with notions of assimilation.
Individual images are intended to be printed at 32x40 inches. The series of images of napkins are installed as a set of (5) making it a 32x200 inches.. Three pieces in my submission are sculptural—The wallet is a photographic sculpture roughly 7 inches in diameter and 4 inches in height. The slide projector takes up a 6 foot radius for install, and the family photographs in frames is a sculptural installation that is typically shown on a 8x16 foot pedastal.