W4: Artist Presentation

I was greatly impressed and moved by the artwork that our classmate shared with us on Margarita Cabrera. Using the same materials and expanding on the notion of materiality was really powerful with the references to labor and the militarization of, what Cabrera seemed to argue, our everyday life. And with the constant use of the same material it further makes a connection that not one piece and an issue is separate from another, the thread that connects them is there. A specific piece that left an impression on me was the vinyl Jeep which I can read another message of daily consumerism, including those of military objects like jeeps, that all adds to the constant battle a sort of economic warfare that continuously pins us at the edge of society. A systematic fabric of oppression that's led us to normalize these acts of military warfare on our communities both internationally and in our cities.