The New Inspirational Movement

My work is inspired by the psychological impact that mass media- and mass production have on our society. I am especially interested to re-make those mass produced objects that seem no longer relevant to our society and transform them into new realities, changing our memories and our perceptions of them.
Because my work is interactive it gives the viewer an active role on the decision whether to be removed or not from a reality to which they have become accustomed. My work engages them to reflect on our relationship with material and culture.

For the Chicana/0 Biennial I am showing Osiloscopiando from the Recycling Junk series.

I hope you will enjoy it!

Daniela

www.danielast.com

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Reconstructed Landscapes

In a near future when human civilization is destroy by a natural disaster or by our self’s. Nature will proclaim the lost land destroy by humanity and will reconstruct their landscapes in the concrete cities, destroying what was a civilization of chaos and destruction, giving back the balance of the species. The only essence of us will be the artifacts and ruins that will tell who we were and how we lived.

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Puny Artists! El Rio Smash! 2006

Digital Mixed Media 

Rio Yanez  San Francisco, CA

Man, today was just one of them days…This morning I was sitting on the toilet and reading a recent issue of In Touch magazine (yup, poopin’ and readin’ tabloids). Inside was an article about a dog that was considered a “Master Artist.” Apparently she has her own book of lithographs coming out and has already had a slew of solo shows. Tillie the art dog has the kind of career most of us only dream of and as I read the article it was killing me.

Then I’m showering and listening to NPR on the radio. They were doing a piece on dancer/choreographer Paul Taylor. I listened as they kissed his ass for a dance performance he choreographed/performed where he stood next to reclining woman and the two of them were still for 4 minutes. I was so offended that the reporter was praisng him for a dance performance that involved no movement.

So here’s my philosophical question, are dogs that make art and dancers who don’t even dance smashing the western art world or do they represent the bullshit baggage of the western art world?

I’ll be the first to admit my envy of the attention that they were receiving as artists. But while I’m out trying to take photos of my neighborhood and not get a cap popped in my ass Tillie and Taylor are getting fellated by the press for doing next to nothing. Now, I’ve got my art credentials and I can dig minimalism and experimentation…but I’ve also got enough ghetto credentials to know a hustle when I see one…My problem is that I don’t know where my thoughts fit into the big picture.

I want to know, am I standing in the way of artistic progress or am I rightfully fed up with the mainstream art world?When I was in art school I was told that the worst thing you could ever do is close yourself off from someone else’s vision. It’s always been a fine line between being closed minded and recognizing bullshit as bullshit. Of course the teacher that told us to always keep an open mind also admitted that if we credited our artwork to children or small animals that we would have made a fortune by now.

 *Sigh* I guess all I can do at this point is take a tip from the lip of Ice Cube and be true to the game.

Peace,

Rio

Blessed Borracho  2006

Photograph

Rio Yanez   San Francisco, CA 

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