Rasquachismo can be defined as unclassy. It’s the “lower-class” perspective and it’s not mainstream. When it comes to art, rasquachismo means reusing things instead of throwing things away. What stuck out to me was the idea of “haciendo las cosas rendir” because I heard that a lot growing up. My parents were big on making this lasts and not letting things go to waste and I still practice that today. Instead of buying rags to clean with, my parents would use old t-shirts that were torn up and were going to be discarded. They found a new use for something. Instead of throwing away empty yogurt containers or empty salsa containers, my mom would reuse them to store leftover food or freshly made salsa. It’s about doing what you can with what you have. Quite efficient if you ask me.
Art, along with other forms of entertainment, can be very elitist. The stuff that’s “good” is usually stuff enjoyed by higher class people that are not typically accessible to the working/lower class. It’s like how opera and ballet are considered classy and respectable, but rock and hip-hop aren’t. Rasquachismo seems like the way to go because it’s more environmentally friendly and the fact that someone was able to make something out of unrelated, used materials is amazing.
Instead of buying plant saucers to collect water, I reuse the metal lid from my tampon bin and use it as a saucer. It’s not quite rasquachismo, but I am making do with what I have.
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