https://www.fostersantiago.com/seed-pod-rubbings daily 0.75 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c23e6c44cde7ae35b01ee40/1652373707655-ECVI89F5XGT7SXC41ZCU/SeedpodRubbings5%2B%25281%2529.jpg Seed Pod Rubbings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c23e6c44cde7ae35b01ee40/1652372623855-ED1QBFI3R6ZS5MCMXJ2S/Seed%2BPod%2BRubbings%2Bwall1%2B%25282%2529.jpg Seed Pod Rubbings Seed Pod Rubbings, 2022 Ten 14 x 18-inch drawings, charcoal on paper, acrylic on wall There is a stark similarity between the grooves on the seed pods that fall from the Flamboyán tree, and the ridges of the scars left on my chest post gender-affirming surgery. My family and I gathered many seed pods across the island in the summer of 2021, and together we created charcoal rubbings of them. Seed Pod Rubbings features a series of these drawings encapsulated in a larger acrylic mural of the seed pod’s shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c23e6c44cde7ae35b01ee40/1652372766352-T5HGZNFFAQDTSWQY7XTB/IMG_3687.jpg Seed Pod Rubbings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c23e6c44cde7ae35b01ee40/1652372543270-KAT86O5H7WVPBBOEZE46/SeedpodRubbings21.JPG Seed Pod Rubbings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c23e6c44cde7ae35b01ee40/1652372542705-RBK7G76OZNF9UXJX8DMC/SeedpodRubbings20.JPG Seed Pod Rubbings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c23e6c44cde7ae35b01ee40/1652372557291-3VT4330OXD9DMUBBXV6E/SeedpodRubbings19.JPG Seed Pod Rubbings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c23e6c44cde7ae35b01ee40/1652372557781-YJTJTGIA2I4EU9NTL371/SeedpodRubbings17.JPG Seed Pod Rubbings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c23e6c44cde7ae35b01ee40/1652372568262-KI3YDEMKN84E8G792J3C/SeedpodRubbings16.JPG Seed Pod Rubbings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c23e6c44cde7ae35b01ee40/1652372568933-3NMECBLXGXX25M3YJCCU/SeedpodRubbings15.JPG Seed Pod Rubbings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c23e6c44cde7ae35b01ee40/1652372579128-SRUP5CQLY8M1DUGJWI8C/SeedpodRubbings14.JPG Seed Pod Rubbings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c23e6c44cde7ae35b01ee40/1652372579798-N1280DZ6NNWUBHLTEZQH/SeedpodRubbings13.JPG Seed Pod Rubbings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c23e6c44cde7ae35b01ee40/1652372589327-06E3CCXQCC9SBA9OFIMQ/SeedpodRubbings12.JPG Seed Pod Rubbings https://www.fostersantiago.com/flamboyan-for-breakfast daily 0.75 2025-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c23e6c44cde7ae35b01ee40/1719540439506-IH8KT0GDCTYE0HJ5MF3I/6R4A1573_1.jpg Flamboyan For Breakfast Flamboyán for Breakfast, 2022 Wool yarn, table, chairs, plywood seed pods, acrylic paint, canvas, 20-Minute audio loop of coqui frogs Video Documentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZEcgBc9PLpkkodoCc3ReWUP3gdDwvOXJ/view?usp=sharing: Flamboyán for Breakfast is an installation that represents the story of my tía Aileen and I eating petals from the Puerto Rican Flamboyán tree, and the subsequent dreams we’ve had about our bodies alongside these types of trees. Viewers approach a wooden table and chairs, colorfully painted with abstractions of the Flamboyán’s petals as intuitive marks in conté crayon and acrylic paint. The Flamboyán’s long seed pods, replicated in woodcuts, are scattered on the table along with inscriptions of shapes reminiscent of my post-transition body. These same scar-pod shapes appear on murals that depict the image of my chest and are positioned on the walls behind the table and chairs. As viewers walk around the space, they hear ambient coqui frog audio. Hanging next to the breakfast scene is a chandelier made of long yarn ropes, each knitted to mimic the dense seaweed that my family and I often swam through during our oceanside stops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c23e6c44cde7ae35b01ee40/1719540439506-IH8KT0GDCTYE0HJ5MF3I/6R4A1573_1.jpg Flamboyan For Breakfast Flamboyán for Breakfast, 2022 Wool yarn, table, chairs, plywood seed pods, acrylic paint, canvas, 20-Minute audio loop of coqui frogs Video Documentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZEcgBc9PLpkkodoCc3ReWUP3gdDwvOXJ/view?usp=sharing: Flamboyán for Breakfast is an installation that represents the story of my tía Aileen and I eating petals from the Puerto Rican Flamboyán tree, and the subsequent dreams we’ve had about our bodies alongside these types of trees. Viewers approach a wooden table and chairs, colorfully painted with abstractions of the Flamboyán’s petals as intuitive marks in conté crayon and acrylic paint. The Flamboyán’s long seed pods, replicated in woodcuts, are scattered on the table along with inscriptions of shapes reminiscent of my post-transition body. These same scar-pod shapes appear on murals that depict the image of my chest and are positioned on the walls behind the table and chairs. As viewers walk around the space, they hear ambient coqui frog audio. 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