Infierno (2022)
POESIA DE PROTESTA is an exhibition featuring 10 poems in spanish written by hispanic women. The texts all express a form of protest: political, economical, sexual, or social. Each poem has been interpreted by a visual artist, with curation by Cuban historian and art professor Gladys Garrote.
Written by Andrea Halaby
Visually interpreted by Iván Casís Jr.
Infierno
They say hell do not exist
Time
outside the house
is different
the man goes to work
she stays home, makes lunch.
Soaks the beans
dries her tears and the dishes with her apron
piles up the pots, picks up, washes, sweeps,
mops twice.
He couldn’t hit my son
‘cause I stood in the middle
I told him, if he were to hit him,
he had to kill me first.
It was the only time
I was brave, the only time,
after that, I’ve been a coward.
She sits her son at the only table
serves him bean soup
slices of rippened plantain and blackberry juice.
The man arrives home drunk
asks for his food
—It’s cold! —he yells
she warms it up, for the third time.
She puts the child to sleep,
his room has no door.
He falls from his chair, screams, curses,
throws the empty dish to the wall.
She picks him up
takes him to bed
another long night awaits her, another hell.
Well, he beat me to death.
I lost the vision in this eye (points at her right eye)
She closes her eyes and imagines her childhood home.
Opens her eyes he’s already sleeping.
In front of the mirror
she puts make up over her face’s bruises.
She changes her shirt and goes to the store.
Comes back soon with a pound of rice,
two potatos and two hundred grams of lentils.
Lights the fire to prepare lunch.
Documentary Poetry
February 1st, 2018
Interview to a 47 year old woman
victim of gender violence.
Bogotá, Colombia.
Artwork Details:
Hand-Drawn Frame-by-Frame Animation
Author: Iván Casís Jr.
Title: Infierno
Collection: Poesía de Protesta
Format: 1080 × 1920 MP4
Loop Length: 1:54
Year: 2022
Tools: Procreate (Art and Animation)
FCPX (Video Composition and Editing)
Debuted at Refraction x Miami Art Week ‘22