Medias res
Medias res is a piece that I made during the beginning of the pandemic. The piece portrays three versions of myself in 2 worlds. The foreground being the US and the reflexion being Cuba. In the foreground you can see the fires, dead animals, the dead bodies of people who died with Covid being buried in the ground because there was no space in cemeteries. Meanwhile on the other side, the landscape of Habana is clear. The first version of myself is the child dressed in a cuban uniform blinded by communism. Next to her stands a more mature version of myself, conscious of my ancestors and reaching out to save the third version of myself from the waters of Miami Beach that were crowded with people even during the pandemic. Against the glass, crashes a plane with its destination being Habana coming from Miami. At the time, all I wanted to do was be with my family but flight restrictions did not allow international travel.