https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site Mauricio Vargas Tue, 28 May 2024 05:12:47 +0000 https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site en https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/The-Master-s-Cabinet Tue, 28 May 2024 05:12:47 +0000 Mauricio Vargas https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/The-Master-s-Cabinet THE MASTER’S CABINET <img width="1440" height="1795" width_o="1440" height_o="1795" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/000b2fe0511f36f9034f55ed87ca462749478ac7c26d60b889700cbd210bef8e/uva_artdepartment_1710442164_3323752237586400666_8757850816.jpg" data-mid="211788054" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/000b2fe0511f36f9034f55ed87ca462749478ac7c26d60b889700cbd210bef8e/uva_artdepartment_1710442164_3323752237586400666_8757850816.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1080" width_o="1440" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a9844c656a779e0f83a2543cdf657cdf2a219c3ba00c32bd1fa17d40d4336ff/a_vicarious_gram_1710302177_3322577936694484831_1666813024.jpg" data-mid="211788253" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7a9844c656a779e0f83a2543cdf657cdf2a219c3ba00c32bd1fa17d40d4336ff/a_vicarious_gram_1710302177_3322577936694484831_1666813024.jpg" /> I took the opportunity with this piece to create a tribute to Marisa Williamson’s&nbsp;@unsettlinggrounds project, as well as exploring the themes of the show such as play, escape and “objects and tools that Black and Brown people have used… to protect and serve themselves and those they love.”What I came up with was my take on the curiosity cabinet, or curio cabinet. Curio cabinets were often used as humble bragging decor for elite travelers during the age of exploration and into the enlightenment. Sacred artifacts were traded or plundered from their places of origin, often to be displayed as novelty and a means of elevating the owners cultural capital. Removed from the context of their origins and often hidden away in the private study’s of aristocratic society, these objects became fetishized and stripped of their full cultural meanings. Silenced by the master’s ownership over them.As a way of critiquing the long standing practice of plundering and misrepresenting artifacts under the guise of ‘enlightenment and exploration,’ I created my own curio cabinet with an alternate ending. I wanted to celebrate the codified language that prisoners creatively produce in order to survive. Like the bees, working together to ensure the health of the hive, minorities and the disenfranchised have found means to communicate with each other despite prohibitions like reading and writing, instead speaking through art, song and dance. So I decided to draw a simple map that is only visible by using a black light. The dotted ‘bee line’ leads ones eye to four numbers. Like many escape rooms, four numbers are typically used for a lock combination somewhere in the puzzle. In this case, the numbers ‘1831’ allude to a coming rebellion (see Nat Turner).18x24.” Wood, bees wax, loom spool, steel sundial, tamborine, one squash seed, one corn seed, one pea seed, resin display armitures, paper postcards. 2024 Filed Under: 2024, Curio Cabinet, Critical Fabulation,&nbsp;Artifacts https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/Threshold-1 Wed, 27 Dec 2023 06:29:46 +0000 Mauricio Vargas https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/Threshold-1 THRESHOLD <img width="2800" height="2800" width_o="2800" height_o="2800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ac241efa3029b09a53840bf27dfc64b410bb03d3d750adf0640d8e39547ce61/_B3A7964.JPG" data-mid="200176109" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ac241efa3029b09a53840bf27dfc64b410bb03d3d750adf0640d8e39547ce61/_B3A7964.JPG" /> <img width="1962" height="2943" width_o="1962" height_o="2943" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c8f325af8a8d1c35b113cf92a0f6bbb9583d78ece06fa1c46038f4f344d3f80/_B3A7981.JPG" data-mid="200176110" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c8f325af8a8d1c35b113cf92a0f6bbb9583d78ece06fa1c46038f4f344d3f80/_B3A7981.JPG" /> <img width="1962" height="2943" width_o="1962" height_o="2943" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb74006105c3cd014ee66a4e05b20e3e72b9d90832b0af074b1ecc6348a0f52d/_B3A7976.JPG" data-mid="200176111" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb74006105c3cd014ee66a4e05b20e3e72b9d90832b0af074b1ecc6348a0f52d/_B3A7976.JPG" /> <img width="1962" height="2943" width_o="1962" height_o="2943" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76d0a0b82318619fda078a951b72d1a5c6c0ae94b6207cdfde4308b2ee973aab/_B3A7982.JPG" data-mid="200176108" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76d0a0b82318619fda078a951b72d1a5c6c0ae94b6207cdfde4308b2ee973aab/_B3A7982.JPG" /> Threshold,&nbsp;2023. Resin, wood, plexiglass, LED lights.A threshold, by definition, is a boundary that defines and divides separate spaces. This could be something like the space that separates inside(private) from outside (public) space, or the traffic median that separates the North and South sides of Broad Street. A threshold can also be seen as a transitional, or liminal space, in regards to both space AND time. As suggested by the likes of Victor Turner and Friedrich Nietzsche, as we pass from the present into the future, we continuously cross through liminal thresholds into states of becoming. Historically, the border that ‘Threshold’ sits on also represents the bounds of a community that was forced to exist in solitude, excluded from the rights and inclusion of society. Through acts of political violence such as segregation, voting district gerrymandering, and displacement — the basic human needs of the Jackson ward community were challenged continuously. Despite all odds, a unified people persisted in creating a thriving community that is better known today as Jackson Ward. The ‘Threshold’ Pillars, a play off of classic Roman triumphal arches, acts as a doorway into a region that is in continued flux and perhaps more than any other neighborhood in the region, is defined by its ability to persist in the face of adversity. ‘Threshold’ is a memorial to this virtue, seen through past circumstances and achievements, present transformation, and future potentials. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Special thanks to Dylan Languell and Keenan Rowe for your knowledge and patience and for helping me to see this project through to completion despite the various challenges. To Build RVA and Emily Brown for providing accessible spaces to work. To my parents for continuing to root me on and support me in a multitude of ways. To The Black History Museum, Janis Allen, and the locals of Jackson Ward for offering insight and encouragement as I developed this work. Last but not least, thank you to everyone from 1708&nbsp;Gallery for making this happen and offering a platform for artists to exhibit and push their creative practices. Much love to all. Filed Under: Public Art, Sculpture, Place-Based, Monuments, Public Memory. https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/Stolen-Land Sat, 30 Dec 2023 21:01:16 +0000 Mauricio Vargas https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/Stolen-Land STOLEN LAND <img width="4000" height="2248" width_o="4000" height_o="2248" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48ad52eb67b5969ec22f4d3321bd41ec6ccd589dbffe05f00bd9570da1b3f8d9/P1090069.JPG" data-mid="200445772" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48ad52eb67b5969ec22f4d3321bd41ec6ccd589dbffe05f00bd9570da1b3f8d9/P1090069.JPG" /> <img width="4000" height="2248" width_o="4000" height_o="2248" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0acd5ca6483566f1ea96735f3909227faac2c50925e203be06ce0b9b77f93738/P1090063.JPG" data-mid="200445759" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0acd5ca6483566f1ea96735f3909227faac2c50925e203be06ce0b9b77f93738/P1090063.JPG" /> <img width="4000" height="2248" width_o="4000" height_o="2248" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bcf8b3cac63bbf0839b75e77849efdba634ef3e2fee490383055e2cb5d81409f/P1090052.JPG" data-mid="200445790" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bcf8b3cac63bbf0839b75e77849efdba634ef3e2fee490383055e2cb5d81409f/P1090052.JPG" /> <img width="520" height="924" width_o="520" height_o="924" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8054c04e2c61ea9179b96e4fe6b5b08a47a5b1f8afbc285426469b6e2ad6b91e/Stolen-Land_Monument-Ave2.gif" data-mid="218704091" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/520/i/8054c04e2c61ea9179b96e4fe6b5b08a47a5b1f8afbc285426469b6e2ad6b91e/Stolen-Land_Monument-Ave2.gif" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/423edf6234011cbeb9c62d9e6e30bf40ff50dcab2d4e9bb59c648cc3d593ad65/IMG_6516.JPG" data-mid="218700403" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/423edf6234011cbeb9c62d9e6e30bf40ff50dcab2d4e9bb59c648cc3d593ad65/IMG_6516.JPG" /> Stolen Land,&nbsp;2023.&nbsp; is an ongoing performance and installation done on the 4th of July, 2023, in Richmond, Virginia. The first performance took place at Dogwood Dell, the annual gathering point for one of Richmond’s most popular fireworks shows. As spectators trickled in and claimed their spots on the lawn in the early parts of the evening, Christina Sadovnikov and I arranged a collection of miniature American flags to read ‘Stolen Land.’ For 2024, I chose Monument Avenue, aka the Avenue of the Confederacy in an area known for it’s large Southern estates and affluent community. Needless to say, the flags were taken down by anonymous locals within an hour. The piece was meant to acknowledge the original stewards of the land (Pamunkey, Monacan, and Chickahominy), and the plundering they went through at the hands of white colonists. The phrase Stolen Land was an effort to bring light to the relativity of terms like ‘independence’ and ‘freedom.’ Two words/ideas that the American flag is often synonymous with and are frequently splayed across home and lawn decor for the holiday.Furthermore, the staked flags themselves hark back to moments in history such as the land rushes started by President Benjamin Harrison when ‘boomers’ were encouraged to ‘stake their claim’ of the land that was usurped by the government from the Cherokee Nation. The performance, hidden under the guise of patriotism, was left on display throughout the night for spectators to view and reflect on. Filed Under: Public Art, Sculpture, Place-Based, Monuments, Public Memory, Ready-Made. https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/After-Animism Thu, 02 Feb 2023 18:45:22 +0000 Mauricio Vargas https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/After-Animism AFTER ANIMISM <img width="4752" height="3168" width_o="4752" height_o="3168" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/373c0b3eb12ebc1be512046f96c3c2d610bda1f3930a69fc1584396e4a542e39/_DSC8116.JPG" data-mid="167271669" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/373c0b3eb12ebc1be512046f96c3c2d610bda1f3930a69fc1584396e4a542e39/_DSC8116.JPG" /> <img width="2400" height="3000" width_o="2400" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/658e33907cb2c5cc808c6f259a394f956646c1328203cf1a5cc56f550b856813/_DSC0033_Edit_RGB.jpg" data-mid="167271724" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/658e33907cb2c5cc808c6f259a394f956646c1328203cf1a5cc56f550b856813/_DSC0033_Edit_RGB.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="3000" width_o="2400" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/81c3b6559dc7ca7f9ac2e81d8cfe6f8e18cbb4cf81b980056cb7baefe6a71231/_DSC0042_edit_RGB.jpg" data-mid="167271722" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/81c3b6559dc7ca7f9ac2e81d8cfe6f8e18cbb4cf81b980056cb7baefe6a71231/_DSC0042_edit_RGB.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="3000" width_o="2400" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/995431fea100e1ab2d3a6d6be99e9427e403b1068a1f5e9f27eb53b56bb81f2d/_DSC8131_edit_RGB.jpg" data-mid="167271726" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/995431fea100e1ab2d3a6d6be99e9427e403b1068a1f5e9f27eb53b56bb81f2d/_DSC8131_edit_RGB.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="3000" width_o="2400" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27f9c17505a69bd169f03203a21a085ac164f86b569206ccddefc0e3b508e71f/_DSC0026_edit_RGB.jpg" data-mid="167271725" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27f9c17505a69bd169f03203a21a085ac164f86b569206ccddefc0e3b508e71f/_DSC0026_edit_RGB.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="3000" width_o="2400" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/68b04f40252590c876951e8093b462bcd7f4b44c66585be381d8e4fe4bd3b609/_DSC8102_Edit_RGB.jpg" data-mid="167271723" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/68b04f40252590c876951e8093b462bcd7f4b44c66585be381d8e4fe4bd3b609/_DSC8102_Edit_RGB.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e196b3e59278a0f6d752cb31ea5459d0608a9ba3087f14b7436c59609c72cab7/MauricioVargas_Catalog_3b.jpg" data-mid="201162919" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e196b3e59278a0f6d752cb31ea5459d0608a9ba3087f14b7436c59609c72cab7/MauricioVargas_Catalog_3b.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="3000" width_o="2400" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0cc656be55512fefbd75a66e533445207efaabe09d688159478ee51ae848baf4/_DSC8090_Edit_RGB.jpg" data-mid="167271728" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0cc656be55512fefbd75a66e533445207efaabe09d688159478ee51ae848baf4/_DSC8090_Edit_RGB.jpg" /> <img width="2800" height="3500" width_o="2800" height_o="3500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/faa8baeb67803bbfebf5220990a056b5833f6e07dfd5628da77fc8d2f2719a95/_DSC8182_edit_RGB.jpg" data-mid="167271727" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/faa8baeb67803bbfebf5220990a056b5833f6e07dfd5628da77fc8d2f2719a95/_DSC8182_edit_RGB.jpg" /> After Animism was the title of my MFA thesis exhibit at University of Hartford. The installation, which depicts an archeological exhibit in the future, asks how ancenstral knowledge, the natural sciences, and popular culture might coelesce into the artifacts of the past (our present) if a wide-scale animistic shift had occurred. What if rooting for the Critical Zone was as trendy as rooting for your favorite NFL team? Ranging from funtional items, to image macros, decorative works, and architecture, the works are informed by the ostensible adoption of animistic beliefs in mass media / culture. The cause for this shift and the outcome are unclear, leaving these pathways open for subsequent speculative prequal works within the same universe. Read my thesis paper here ︎︎︎ Filed Under: 2022, Animism, Speculative Fiction, Ancestral Knowledge, Artifacts, Ecology, Installation https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/Costales-1 Sun, 05 Feb 2023 21:52:29 +0000 Mauricio Vargas https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/Costales-1 AFTER ANIMISM <img width="2266" height="1123" width_o="2266" height_o="1123" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/79dd49e7b6a21a7905975918584378677f4cf65d228a498b6baa30cc75ad87a9/Costales_Frame.jpg" data-mid="167369333" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/79dd49e7b6a21a7905975918584378677f4cf65d228a498b6baa30cc75ad87a9/Costales_Frame.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1333" width_o="1000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ec39ba763c262d34d3f3d7109af86800313dece06baec70a454132964763af6/Costales_Install_Botero_01.jpg" data-mid="167369495" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ec39ba763c262d34d3f3d7109af86800313dece06baec70a454132964763af6/Costales_Install_Botero_01.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1333" width_o="1000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9b2ecf8cd4e817f4c614cb960a5b630141f3ea4acc8c227fc054660ab3b4eed/Costales_Install_Iglesia_02.jpg" data-mid="167369493" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9b2ecf8cd4e817f4c614cb960a5b630141f3ea4acc8c227fc054660ab3b4eed/Costales_Install_Iglesia_02.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1333" width_o="1000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5e25ebfc26236f35a19c29662d23374c2d3a630a2a64dd7028c5db7cc624348/Costales_Install_Iglesia_Detail01.jpg" data-mid="167369498" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5e25ebfc26236f35a19c29662d23374c2d3a630a2a64dd7028c5db7cc624348/Costales_Install_Iglesia_Detail01.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1333" width_o="1000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34521937fdffd669a60bcb144a4f2611600f2c19d03305eb0f67330dbfef9669/Costales_Install_Botero_02.jpg" data-mid="167369494" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/34521937fdffd669a60bcb144a4f2611600f2c19d03305eb0f67330dbfef9669/Costales_Install_Botero_02.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1333" width_o="1000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc3a91ae20bfef3dc07d548db6910861ef07bd6f86f70d9d132e693ada10cf30/Costales_Install_BerrioStation_02.jpg" data-mid="167369492" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc3a91ae20bfef3dc07d548db6910861ef07bd6f86f70d9d132e693ada10cf30/Costales_Install_BerrioStation_02.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1333" width_o="1000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9060ecebb552d91fdb7583edfc94d837533e708ad18b4fc42ecbdfc0ca57fa9/Costales_Install_BerrioStation_01.jpg" data-mid="167369497" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9060ecebb552d91fdb7583edfc94d837533e708ad18b4fc42ecbdfc0ca57fa9/Costales_Install_BerrioStation_01.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1333" width_o="1000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/960084a986a8727fff9aebc66f0dcbd7fe2ab2e51a424ced93b822a646e5ca1e/Costales_Install_PlazaDeLuzes_01.jpg" data-mid="167369491" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/960084a986a8727fff9aebc66f0dcbd7fe2ab2e51a424ced93b822a646e5ca1e/Costales_Install_PlazaDeLuzes_01.jpg" /> Costales(2021) is a mobile memorial I created during my time living in Colombia for four months in 2021. It was dedicated to the social leaders that had died that year in the state of Antioquia, a re-emerging issue since the signing of the Peace Accord in 2016.While the treaty had initially gained a cease fire agreement from the FARC, dramatically reducing the number of deaths across the country, by 2018 the number of social leaders being murdered annually was begining to rise steadily and only worsened under the watch of President Ivan Duque Marquez. The murder of these social leaders — citizens from all walks of life including journalists, teachers, ex-FARC members, indigenious leaders, and farmers alike — were, if nothing else, a sign of a complacent National Police and disinterested government.As BLM protests continued in the United States, similar movements were manifesting around the world. In Colombia this culminated into El Paro Nacional, a state sanctioned national day of protest that occured on April 28, 2021. As a way of participating in these protests I created a series of ten memorials out of burlap bags that had been used for shipping coffee. Each bag was dedicated to a social leader that had been killed in the state of Antioquia (where I was living) that year. With their names and the death dates painted on the pre-used coffee bags, they were unstitched and layed long-ways to mimic body bags. Both features speaking to the rural areas where many of the victim’s, as well as the country’s cash crops, came from. The costales were placed in four locations around Medellin’s diverse and bustling Candelaria district, aka El Centro, over a 24-hour period: El Plaza Botero, La Iglesia de la Veracruz (one of the oldest in Medellin), el Parque de las Luces, and Berrio Station.The result brought on curiousity and conversation with locals about the news that was not widely publicized. Filed Under: Public Art, Community Engagement, Memorials, Social Justice, Colombia https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/Plinth-Project Sun, 05 Feb 2023 22:38:45 +0000 Mauricio Vargas https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/Plinth-Project PLINTH PROJECT <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30b1f1222dc12656e776186a1fe48f5ae3b03d6fa0c9f45d6dcbc961a54ba3f3/PlinthProject-Instagram.png" data-mid="167381445" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/30b1f1222dc12656e776186a1fe48f5ae3b03d6fa0c9f45d6dcbc961a54ba3f3/PlinthProject-Instagram.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16c3aa71ff6e3e537080194566b96938b62f84b9e1245b8325d401ef44717a0c/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_01.jpg" data-mid="167381587" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/16c3aa71ff6e3e537080194566b96938b62f84b9e1245b8325d401ef44717a0c/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_01.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8b1e496880878ed74e8a37a45e5e2d41bebf25ebdace987f8c866cb1acd0b34/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_02.jpg" data-mid="167381586" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e8b1e496880878ed74e8a37a45e5e2d41bebf25ebdace987f8c866cb1acd0b34/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_02.jpg" /> <img width="5334" height="3000" width_o="5334" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9a5027d41fd0aadcb82c7a5ddeadade24828989a801d276ff40b1064bf9cab4/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_07.jpg" data-mid="167381581" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9a5027d41fd0aadcb82c7a5ddeadade24828989a801d276ff40b1064bf9cab4/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_07.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8129e66f8a6bf23168fc33f8d11f4abb2f164b36c5e700dfbe86a8dcbaa636c6/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_03.jpg" data-mid="167381585" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8129e66f8a6bf23168fc33f8d11f4abb2f164b36c5e700dfbe86a8dcbaa636c6/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_03.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df9f0bad0ab74b88bf2612dbd0465503081f4bf77662c7293c20f7a0b5d5eebd/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_08.jpg" data-mid="167381580" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df9f0bad0ab74b88bf2612dbd0465503081f4bf77662c7293c20f7a0b5d5eebd/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_08.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73622e336b498fc6ceb8becd8344141da6f27c3028896b684ffd5a58bb807b43/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_04.jpg" data-mid="167381584" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73622e336b498fc6ceb8becd8344141da6f27c3028896b684ffd5a58bb807b43/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_04.jpg" /> <img width="5334" height="3000" width_o="5334" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58c125515d03c32be95388d0e7fd940d04ac84709e038926a470917f82e31845/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_05.jpg" data-mid="167381583" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58c125515d03c32be95388d0e7fd940d04ac84709e038926a470917f82e31845/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_05.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d797ece0905463f69de11e8af3235bb8ac272b1000f93d70a71286f27f45d49/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_06.jpg" data-mid="167381582" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d797ece0905463f69de11e8af3235bb8ac272b1000f93d70a71286f27f45d49/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_06.jpg" /> <img width="5334" height="3000" width_o="5334" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87679a23af6ced5159cbe63f7f1008129fc153a771189c677001d3c7cc2b1576/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_09.jpg" data-mid="167381579" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87679a23af6ced5159cbe63f7f1008129fc153a771189c677001d3c7cc2b1576/Art-Place_Presentation_1_Page_09.jpg" /> The Plinth Project (2021) is an initiative I started to foster discussion around public art commissions in Richmond, Virginia, and America as a whole. At the time, racist monuments had finally begun to be taken down across the country in response to the Black Lives Matters protests. At my hometown of Richmond, Virginia (the historic ‘Capital of the Confederacy’ during the Civil War), this was also the case. In response I began an instagram account that would gather examples of public art for followers to learn about different types of public artworks and discuss them on a public platform. Currently I am working on a value survey that will hopefully give some insight as to what sort of public art Richmond would like to see.Filed Under: Public Art, Monuments, Richmond, Virginia, https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/Faciality-Graphs Mon, 06 Feb 2023 01:24:55 +0000 Mauricio Vargas https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/Faciality-Graphs FACIALITY GRAPHS <img width="1000" height="1244" width_o="1000" height_o="1244" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/677c5b4e31b5eb59f43e6c9261036b65eb3cd317291716dded881e6ae4ae8d6a/Faciality_Jesus.jpg" data-mid="167383742" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/677c5b4e31b5eb59f43e6c9261036b65eb3cd317291716dded881e6ae4ae8d6a/Faciality_Jesus.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1244" width_o="1000" height_o="1244" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fa1ca589c1101587f686b03f43af6b3607d5446f1ecb267879624b62e89b7e5/Faciality_Billionaires.jpg" data-mid="167383743" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4fa1ca589c1101587f686b03f43af6b3607d5446f1ecb267879624b62e89b7e5/Faciality_Billionaires.jpg" /> FACIALITY GRAPHS (2021) is an ongoing study of faciality — a theoretical systemic machine (comprised of signifiance and subjectivity) that creates the duality between established and deterratorialized language/media/images/faces. In the construction of this term coined by Deleuze and Guatarri, and expanded on by Peter Sloterdijk, the other is defined and constantly in relation to the extablished ‘order.’ A prime example is of the ubiquitous image of the European version of Jesus, or more plainly, the White Man. In this series, I hope to reveal certain examples of the way faciality exists by collecting photos of certain figures or communities, and arrange their images into simple, yet revealing data visuals. The idea is to show how facial data can reveal certain realities in terms of discrimination and underrepresentation. For example, in the piece seen above, I collected photos from two of the most common faiths in modernity: Christianity and Capital. In the Christianity map, I focused on the visage of Jesus, organizing them with the most frequently printed image of Jesus at the center, and radiating outwards in order of relative frequency as seen on google image search. Unsurprisingly, depictions of Jesus as a white european dominate the center portion of the graph.Similarly, the Billionaires were organized by income level, with the richest in the center and radiating outward according to the Forbes’ list of the 500 richest people in the World in 2020. The thought was that by laying out certain data sets, it might reveal current coorelations between race and privilage. The Jesus figure showing the prevelance of a white European Jesus in media, and The Billionaires showing predominantly white representation in the upper echelons of capitalist society. I hope to gain some funding in order to continue expanding on this project with larger data sets and employing live API’s. Filed Under: 2021, Faciality, Data Visualization, Racism, Media Studies, https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/Landscapes Thu, 09 Feb 2023 05:28:26 +0000 Mauricio Vargas https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/Landscapes LANDSCAPES <img width="800" height="998" width_o="800" height_o="998" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a614e79dfff07b848e348c8df31c0e612a4c6ffec71a17fb994d43ee60e1f9e/tumblr_nzszivB0h21qbbe1yo1_r1_1280.jpeg" data-mid="167812444" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/6a614e79dfff07b848e348c8df31c0e612a4c6ffec71a17fb994d43ee60e1f9e/tumblr_nzszivB0h21qbbe1yo1_r1_1280.jpeg" /> <img width="987" height="1316" width_o="987" height_o="1316" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9505dd38289959e83b6b0a9b7416433df59ddd8e2178c8c4f53052850bb15ecb/tumblr_nhq8qsbxy21qbbe1yo1_1280.jpeg" data-mid="167812255" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/40a8ce048f4d9cf252cddb3647d359d87a0c56efdc8de074c8827dc29a68822c/IMG_1564.PNG" data-mid="167812940" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/40a8ce048f4d9cf252cddb3647d359d87a0c56efdc8de074c8827dc29a68822c/IMG_1564.PNG" /> <img width="1125" height="1116" width_o="1125" height_o="1116" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1baf6f8f8972d3e2433c851410860206beb9cb467410616816d97466d5636ab7/IMG_1553.PNG" data-mid="167812960" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1baf6f8f8972d3e2433c851410860206beb9cb467410616816d97466d5636ab7/IMG_1553.PNG" /> <img width="1125" height="1117" width_o="1125" height_o="1117" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2fb9dda421badbee7729cc2677fcbd93f017324bdb9c782129b9e38eb1d5604c/IMG_1556.PNG" data-mid="167812596" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2fb9dda421badbee7729cc2677fcbd93f017324bdb9c782129b9e38eb1d5604c/IMG_1556.PNG" /> <img width="1125" height="1125" width_o="1125" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/487d132edcfda2f925592686eb1f2a6e35b9a938d6fede8adc3bd753635ef45f/IMG_1561.PNG" data-mid="167812938" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/487d132edcfda2f925592686eb1f2a6e35b9a938d6fede8adc3bd753635ef45f/IMG_1561.PNG" /> <img width="1125" height="1125" width_o="1125" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/627311570192f543803d45366be12a46f23257b2bf6e64b1dd63ffc94cc5bdb3/IMG_1558.PNG" data-mid="167812939" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/627311570192f543803d45366be12a46f23257b2bf6e64b1dd63ffc94cc5bdb3/IMG_1558.PNG" /> A series of abstracted landscapes created between 2015 and today.Filed Under: Landscapes, Mixed-Media, Architecture, https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/BLAAAH-Magazine Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:58:12 +0000 Mauricio Vargas https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/BLAAAH-Magazine BLAAAH Magazine <img width="3560" height="2182" 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publication I started in 2008 and ran til about 2016. It initially started as a tumblr blog a friend and I used to keep in touch after college and continue sharing art and ideas. Over time, I took the reigns and led it in a more print focused direction. I wanted to shift the editorial pacing to a format that allowed for more long form content, and tangible experience. During that time, a group of collaborators and I created three print issues, organized various art shows &amp; events, and collected several hundreds of dollars for various fundraisers. Filed Under: 2008, Print, Magazine, Publishing, Design https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/Main-page Thu, 02 Feb 2023 18:45:23 +0000 Mauricio Vargas https://mauriciovargas.cargo.site/Main-page CATALOG <img width="711" height="711" width_o="711" height_o="711" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78ced7ebdf803d19946cd8d966f5a38b9324a71450378e3a1716a4feb4702f1b/MastersCabinet_Escape-Room_-UVA.jpg" data-mid="211788035" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/711/i/78ced7ebdf803d19946cd8d966f5a38b9324a71450378e3a1716a4feb4702f1b/MastersCabinet_Escape-Room_-UVA.jpg" /> The Master’s Cabinet Is a piece created for Escape Room, a show curated by @marisaswilliamson and Kim Bohler at UVA’s Ruffin Gallery. Read more... April 2024 Filed Under: Public Art, Sculpture, Place-Based, Monuments, Public Memory. <img width="667" height="667" width_o="667" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d62dd08c0ec76d0597613d861bf7f42184eb3bef9a3c8d3df611610646a73a12/Threshold_Thumbnail.jpg" data-mid="200176038" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/667/i/d62dd08c0ec76d0597613d861bf7f42184eb3bef9a3c8d3df611610646a73a12/Threshold_Thumbnail.jpg" /> Threshold For 1708 Gallery’s annual Inlight exhibit I created a sculpture that aimed to shed light on the complicated history of Jackson Ward. Read more... NOV 2023 Filed Under: Public Art, Sculpture, Place-Based, Monuments, Public Memory. <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7ab09c3c5f19c1cf03027ff218980b2513850fe76995f81439dac1b15a1a1ce/Stolen-Land_Thumbnail.jpg" data-mid="200446201" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7ab09c3c5f19c1cf03027ff218980b2513850fe76995f81439dac1b15a1a1ce/Stolen-Land_Thumbnail.jpg" /> Stolen Land A performance acknowledging the relativity of the word ‘independence’ in the guise of patriotism. Read more... JUL 2023 Filed Under: Public Art, Sculpture, Place-Based, Monuments, Public Memory. <img width="500" height="500" width_o="500" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/68aad9384e354bbf4949e3048e00e687dd476ebbef8da44cb3b3661ca45b8262/_DSC8131_edit_RGB_WebTN_B.jpg" data-mid="167183979" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/68aad9384e354bbf4949e3048e00e687dd476ebbef8da44cb3b3661ca45b8262/_DSC8131_edit_RGB_WebTN_B.jpg" /> After Animism was the title of my MFA thesis exhibit at University of Hartford. The installation, which depicts an archeological exhibit in the future, asks how ancenstral knowledge, the natural sciences, and popular culture might coelesce into the artifacts of the past (our present) if a wide-scale animistic shift had occurred. Read more... JUN 2022 Filed Under: Animism, Speculative, Ancestral Knowledge, Artifacts, History, Ecology, Museums <img width="711" height="711" width_o="711" height_o="711" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1845c023fc07a222ba238842fa3daf06f651b14976017213b8040f1e21d8e00d/BananaRepublic_WebTN_B.jpg" data-mid="167183771" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/711/i/1845c023fc07a222ba238842fa3daf06f651b14976017213b8040f1e21d8e00d/BananaRepublic_WebTN_B.jpg" /> The Plunder of the Sananab of Thraeis a short piece of speculative fiction written for Seed Broadcast, a publication based out of New Mexico. It tells the story of the domesticated banana through the perspective of an immigrant family.Read it here ︎︎︎ MAY 2022 Filed under: Writing, Speculative Fiction,Social Justice, Immigration, Farming, History, <img width="800" height="800" width_o="800" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0d01ae82ed057e2db4c7674e02036e0e3a5aa082336e246a45d20878a3a2bc8/Costales_Install_BerrioStation_01_WebTN_B2.jpg" data-mid="167072382" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/e0d01ae82ed057e2db4c7674e02036e0e3a5aa082336e246a45d20878a3a2bc8/Costales_Install_BerrioStation_01_WebTN_B2.jpg" /> Costales is a mobile memorial created during my time living in Colombia from February to May of 2021. It was dedicated to the social leaders that had died that year in the state of Antioquia, a re-emerging issue since the signing of the Peace Accord in 2016. Read more... APRIL 2021 Filed under: Public Art, Community Engagement, Memorials, Social Justice, Colombia <img width="800" height="800" width_o="800" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d54fc5635e63941c3d2506c1013e730e5af5bd2e1eb92ce3dba010daf5beceb/Kehinde_WebTN2.jpg" data-mid="167183782" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/0d54fc5635e63941c3d2506c1013e730e5af5bd2e1eb92ce3dba010daf5beceb/Kehinde_WebTN2.jpg" /> Preserve, Revise, Remove, Radicalize is an essay written for Futuress.org that details the ongoing struggle to take down the Confederate Statues in Richmond, Virginia, while also highlighting a selection of artists who are involved in current public art discourse. Read it at FUTURESS︎︎︎&nbsp; JUL 2021 Filed under: Writing, Essays, Public Art, Social Justice <img width="800" height="800" width_o="800" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6348957b9598e2ea68b46aed754d5a1b3bf01e3ba5d6658e1def3220f5fe93a/PlinthProject_CornerStones_LeeMonument-B.jpg" data-mid="167092612" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/c6348957b9598e2ea68b46aed754d5a1b3bf01e3ba5d6658e1def3220f5fe93a/PlinthProject_CornerStones_LeeMonument-B.jpg" /> The Plinth Projectis an initiative I started to foster discussion around public art commissions in Richmond, Virginia, and America as a whole. Read more... 2021–Present Filed under: Community Engagement, Public Art, Monuments, Memorials,&nbsp; Richmond, Virginia <img width="800" height="800" width_o="800" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/17d697bd5cc576319e1a70feb0c457ddc9bd8a88ff1574ec987b3befa9c86f90/Billionaires_B.jpg" data-mid="167093718" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/17d697bd5cc576319e1a70feb0c457ddc9bd8a88ff1574ec987b3befa9c86f90/Billionaires_B.jpg" /> Faciality Maps is an ongoing study of faciality — a theoretical systemic machine (comprised of signifiance and subjectivity) that creates the duality between established and deterratorialized language/media/images/faces. In the construction of this term coined by Deleuze and Guatarri, and expanded on by Peter Sloterdijk, the other is defined and constantly in relation to the extablished ‘order.’ A prime example is of the ubiquitous image of the European version of Jesus, or more plainly, the White Man. Read more... 2020–Present︎ Filed under: Data visualization, Media Studies, Racism, <img width="800" height="800" width_o="800" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed405b3d8eee5089c9a5c31abb9a037a1cdacbeaaf203e0441bc2cce4d585b55/Envelope_WebTN_2b.jpg" data-mid="167811364" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/ed405b3d8eee5089c9a5c31abb9a037a1cdacbeaaf203e0441bc2cce4d585b55/Envelope_WebTN_2b.jpg" /> EnvelopePart art gallery, part creative consultancy, Envelope endeavors to be an agency that promotes agency. A multimodal platform where one can consume, contribute, and critique the evolving discussions at the intersection of art, nature and politics.&nbsp; Learn more... 2018–Present Filed under: Design, Public Engagement,&nbsp; <img width="711" height="711" width_o="711" height_o="711" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65fd27fdc44f05b0204acb6994ee22f0211ca134f5a0d5c5bafdf2b417ea1b1d/Hyphaen_WebTN1.jpg" data-mid="167815589" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/711/i/65fd27fdc44f05b0204acb6994ee22f0211ca134f5a0d5c5bafdf2b417ea1b1d/Hyphaen_WebTN1.jpg" /> HYPHÆNis the moniker I use to&nbsp; write and record music under.&nbsp; Listen here... 2017–Present Filed under: Video, Performance, Public Art, Community Engagement, Social Justice, Education, <img width="711" height="711" width_o="711" height_o="711" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fb6d07fd19c3faaa49326519b9ff0cb0e698f3351e5661180d8957934cf21f8c/Anachron_WebTN.gif" data-mid="168276684" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/711/i/fb6d07fd19c3faaa49326519b9ff0cb0e698f3351e5661180d8957934cf21f8c/Anachron_WebTN.gif" /> Anachron MajusculeA typeface in progress, inspired by Textura Quadrata and majuscule script. Download &amp; try here... 2017–Present Filed under: Video, Performance, Public Art, Community Engagement, Social Justice, Education, <img width="800" height="800" width_o="800" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b5562ffcbb31d115a013d5ddb80a7f6a6767b380202ffeee7daadb1687c3ad8/FinePrint_1B.jpg" data-mid="167094113" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/0b5562ffcbb31d115a013d5ddb80a7f6a6767b380202ffeee7daadb1687c3ad8/FinePrint_1B.jpg" /> Fine PrintIn collaboration with BFAMFAPHd member, Vicky Virgin, Fine Print is a three-part video series of lecture demonstrations that probes the absurdity of student loan agreements through precise choreography, carefully-chosen locations and the cryptic language of loan contracts. View Full Project ︎︎︎ NOV 2018 Filed under: Video, Performance, Public Art, Community Engagement, Social Justice, Education, <img width="800" height="800" width_o="800" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0107c6a805b795cf8fe76dc81f18f946259320906f88445265da678c90f3a4dd/Untitled_Landscapes_WebTN1.jpg" data-mid="167811781" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/0107c6a805b795cf8fe76dc81f18f946259320906f88445265da678c90f3a4dd/Untitled_Landscapes_WebTN1.jpg" /> LandscapesA collection of landscapes. Read more... 2015–Present Filed under: Mixed-media, landscapes, <img width="800" height="800" width_o="800" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26e52628ceb266ac7fae1aa1a004d30d24e0aeba06bb7e103db302afdcc85e92/BLAAAH_WebTN3.jpg" data-mid="170996604" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/26e52628ceb266ac7fae1aa1a004d30d24e0aeba06bb7e103db302afdcc85e92/BLAAAH_WebTN3.jpg" /> BLAAAH Magazineis an arts &amp; culture publication I started in 2008 and ran til about 2016.. Read more... 2008–2016 Filed under: print,&nbsp; publishing, ©Mauricio Vargas 2023