JAGUAR AZUL
Tesis2018
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Sigiloso iba,
acariciado por los brazos del campo,
las plantas suavizan su andar.
De pronto sintió un dolor,
un dolor que lo quemaba por dentro.
Sintió cómo le arrancó con fuerza el corazón, la injusticia.
Quedó sin voz, sin sentimientos, sin corazón…le quitó la vida.
Las flores vieron la masacre.
Sin poder gritar ni correr a ayudarlo,
cerraron los ojos y nunca más los abrieron,
quedaron ciegas para no ver más injusticias.
El jaguar llegó cayendo a mis manos.
Sus ojos melancólicos voltearon a ver los míos,
y se fue su luz.
Su cuerpecito humilde, se fue deshaciendo lentamente.
Al final solo quedó el deshecho de nada en mis manos.
Llega un punto en la vida que todo llega a su fin; cosas se rompen, situaciones se vuelven injustas, animales se extinguen, personas mueren, la vida se va. Conforme los años he comprendido que no todo es para siempre y que las cosas pasan por algo. Gente viene y va, y otros permanecen contigo hasta al final, pero cada persona y momento que se ha ido han formado parte de quienes somos.
Durante este proyecto surgió la necesidad de crear algo que involucre mucho tiempo y labor, el bordado con chaquiras (aprox. 300hrs), para crear esa conexión y apego que duela al dejarlo ir; como nos apegamos a las personas.
La imagen del jaguar deshaciéndose sigue grabada en mi mente, justo como las otras almas que he visto irse y tenido que dejar ir hacia otra dimensión. El jaguar azul representa ese dolor, el dolor de la impermanencia, de lo efímero de la vida; las almas que se han muerto, las amistades y amores que se van, las injusticias que siguen sucediendo, los animales en peligro de extinción y todas las pérdidas de la vida.
Ahora que el jaguar ya no está en nuestras vidas surge una nostalgia al pensar en él, en nuestros seres queridos.
Video y fotografía:
Modelo: Coco Delgado
Fotografía Fija: Gabriela C Walther
Cinematografía: Sergio Valdez Hausu Media
Musica: Kai Engel
Asistente: Socrates M Medina
Video y fotografía:
Modelo: Coco Delgado
Fotografía Fija: Gabriela C Walther
Cinematografía: Sergio Valdez Hausu Media
Musica: Kai Engel
Asistente: Socrates M Medina
Modelo: Coco Delgado
Fotografía Fija: Gabriela C Walther
Cinematografía: Sergio Valdez Hausu Media
Musica: Kai Engel
Asistente: Socrates M Medina
proceso:
Jaguar Azul - Process from isa medina on Vimeo.
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WORKSHOPS ︎
-DATES COMING SOON
UPCOMING EVENTS ︎
︎︎︎Nov. 23-24 : West Coast Craft, San Francisco,CA
Craft Market
︎Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason Center
︎︎︎Dec. 7 : Querer Querer, Los Angeles, CA
Holiday Market
︎Cuarto Central
︎︎︎Jan. 11 : Beaded Echoes: Reflecting the fragility of life
Exhibition in San Diego, CA
Opening Reception: January 11, 2024
︎Visions Museum of Textile Art
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Matiz
Ciudad de México:
Cardón
Columpio
San Diego:
Mingei Museum
San Francisco:
The Perish Trust
Tepoztlán:
Flor del Norte
Tijuana:
Matiz
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ISA GUADALUPE
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My name is Isa Guadalupe Medina and I am a designer and artist based in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. My work focuses on the intricacy and detail that is reflected from nature and my roots. The different motifs I create are inspired by feelings that emerge from the rare beauty and constant change of nature. I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Parsons The New School for Design, New York. Since then I have been focusing on creating hand-beaded and woven pieces that explore movement and transcendence of time in relation to the human body/experience.
Artist Statement
Through the years of creating and appreciating art, I realized that what I liked most about it was the process and time it took to create something. When I see a piece of art I wonder about the time, work and thought behind it. It is not just about making something beautiful or interesting but how it makes me feel and how much of my heart goes into it. I learned that loss is something that we all have to deal with at one point in our lives and we have to accept the inevitable. I began to explore with the unpredictable; dissolving materials, garments coming apart, transforming, playing around with the thought that nothing lasts forever, everything is transient. Change and transformation is what I want to explore more through my designs. The excitement and, yet, sadness of watching your creation come apart is what life is all about, constant change.
This is only the beginning of my exploration, the unpredictability of change.
- Isa Guadalupe Medina
Through the years of creating and appreciating art, I realized that what I liked most about it was the process and time it took to create something. When I see a piece of art I wonder about the time, work and thought behind it. It is not just about making something beautiful or interesting but how it makes me feel and how much of my heart goes into it. I learned that loss is something that we all have to deal with at one point in our lives and we have to accept the inevitable. I began to explore with the unpredictable; dissolving materials, garments coming apart, transforming, playing around with the thought that nothing lasts forever, everything is transient. Change and transformation is what I want to explore more through my designs. The excitement and, yet, sadness of watching your creation come apart is what life is all about, constant change.
This is only the beginning of my exploration, the unpredictability of change.
- Isa Guadalupe Medina
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