ALICIA IN 3 PARTS
Untitled (and it flips around)
As part of Back in Five Minutes, a project by Nicolás Dumit Estévez, my residency at El Museo del Barrio culminated in an installation titled Alicia in 3 Parts. The installation featured photography and video exploring themes of identity, race, and contemporary events.
During my residency, I invited gallery visitors to read excerpts from Sam Polk's New York Times op-ed, For the Love of Money. After reading, I asked them to share their first thoughts—a free brainstorm inspired by the text. These responses were then transformed into imagery and integrated through green screen techniques into the videos that became part of the installation.
This participatory act was a core part of my broader practice of re-enactment, where I isolate current events to reveal how deeply interconnected we are with the world around us, regardless of distance or perceived detachment. Through this lens, I sought to evoke art’s ability to illuminate those connections and provoke reflection.
The installation also engaged with Jacques Rancière’s notion of a conditional reality: “Politics and art are not two separate and permanent realities about which one should ask whether they have to be connected or not.” By inviting the public into the creative process, the work bridged the personal and the political, challenging viewers to consider art as a space where collective consciousness and lived experience converge.