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 Martha Luisa Hernández Cadenas
Visually interpreted by Iván Casís Jr.
¿CÓMO HACER UNA REVOLUCIÓN SIN UN CARRO? (2023)
I want to break a car
Destroy it as a tiny ant on the map
But I don’t have a car
Maybe I can break my parents’ car
Cut it into many pieces and eat it
and think about the indigestion
caused by those plastic, metal, and glass pieces
that this suspicious car gives to my ideologized heart
But my parents don’t have a car
My grandparents don’t have a car either
I need to break, to kill, to demolish this imaginary car,
this impossible car
in an anonymous accident maybe
Somebody tells me about an accident
A car kills many people on the street
Is the car guilty of murder?
Is the car a super killer automaton?!
Is the car a student protest?
I need to put an end to the life of this invisible car
Which is looking into my eyes
Which is inside the plating
Which is taking the best of me
By shooting into my heart as an empty island with only one car
A death
Maybe they say Heimat
Maybe they say Viva Cuba Libre
Maybe they say
BREAK ME
I DON'T WANNA BE A CAR ANYMORE.
Artwork Details:
Hand-Drawn Frame-by-Frame Animation
Author: Iván Casís Jr.
Collection: Poesía de Protesta
Format: 1920× 1080 MP4
Loop Length: 1:32
Year: 2023
Tools:
Procreate (Art and Animation)
FCPX (Video Composition and Editing)
- Debuted at Proof of People x Refraction at ZeroSpace
(Brooklyn, New York - 2023)
- Exhibited at MAD ARTS Museum
(Dania Beach, Florida - 2024)
- Adquired by MAD ARTS Museum on April 10, 2024