Im following and joining the Campaign to reclaim the Latina Tag
We
all have a cultural identity that is formed by family, community, country, and
the world in which we live. Today, selfies aid in constructing identity by
providing a new mode and venue for negotiating values, perceptions, and
assertions. I present myself and my Latino identity via my selfies. By
re-presenting the quickly created, ever changing, and widely circulated selfie
with a more traditional, time sensitive painting approach and hanging it on an
art gallery wall, I want viewers to also slow down and more deeply engage the
politics of identity negotiated in a portrait, from ethnic identity to social
activism.
Here is a link of the founder-
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