3432 Caniff St.
Hamtramck, MI, 48212
Hamtramck, MI, 48212
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"My mother’s auto-immune disease in 2016 began my obsession to re-invite death back into our home. I wanted to build a connection to death; hold space for it ceremonially instead of understanding it as a mistake, which I feel is often the way American/Western culture handles death. Moving to New Mexico my obsession with death morphed into an obsession for life. My chosen family indirectly helped me let my mother go. The outcome was a visual record of testimonies; each image representing a standalone saga in that individual’s life. Just as my mother’s body became a battleground for survival, my desert studio became a battleground for personal peace. All collaborators (including myself) are pictured as a living memorial. I consider these images to be victories and acts of defiance against the natural hardships that stem from being human- of being mortal, fallible, and 'wrong'."
- Andrés Mario de Varona