Trapped. I Have Not Forgotten
"Note Here, Not There; Dictatorship, Imperialism"
"They Caught Us, but We Will Never Vanish"
"They Caught Us, but We Will Never Vanish"
"Note Here, Not There; Dictatorship, Imperialism"
Cristina Beard, Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Washington, DCEmbodying the experiences of living under a dictatorship in Chile, Cristina Beard recounts the hardships of living through the 1973 coup d’état and its aftermaths. In addition, as an immigrant in the United States, Beard encountered a new set of struggles. Feeling separated from her land, but part of this new country, she felt the effects of the United States’ own intervention in Chile, which aided in the needless torture of her family members, widespread death, and the disappearance of countless people because of their political ideology especially missing women.
For this installation, Beard uses materials resembling detention and a sculptural self-portrait pulled in different directions to visualize the link between affliction and antipathy in relation to the United States’ involvement.
Beard’s work is a personal, political protest against American interference in international affairs. She seeks to advocate for peaceful strategies that protect the wellbeing of those most vulnerable.
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