Ni de aqui ni de alla...

Author

Jc Santistevan, Utah State UniversityFollow

Date of Award

5-2023

Degree Type

Creative Project

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

Art and Design

Committee Chair(s)

Jared Ragland

Committee

Jared Ragland

Committee

Alvaro Ibarra

Committee

David Wall

Committee

Marissa Vigneault

Abstract

Ni de aqui ni de alla navigates the complexities of belonging to two cultures-Mexican

and American-while not fully identifying with either. By visualizing liminal spaces,

migratory patterns, and quotidian subject matter the work serves as a metaphor for

the Latinx experience in the United States-an experience defined by conflicts between

conformity and resistance, individuality and community, spirituality and secularism,

alienation and belonging. "Black and white are the colors of photography…..they

symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair," Robert Frank once said, and it is

through a nonlinear installation of black and white imagery that I seek to describe the

push and pull of both cultures, and how accepting one over the other may lead to a

loss of identity, or, a reality of many ways of being.

Recommended Citation

Santistevan, Jc, "Ni de aqui ni de alla..." (2023). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 1709.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/1709