Historias Paralelas is a multi-channel installation that compares the work of my sister, Sofia, and our mother, Sonia. My sister was the primary caregiver to her two young children for a time; my mother was my father’s primary caregiver until he died in January 2023.
The three-room installation places the viewer inside the physical, emotional, and temporal spaces occupied by my mother, and sister. I paired scenes from my parent’s house with scenes from my sister’s house. Sonia and Gregorio are presented on one channel, while Sofia and her children appear on another. My mother and sister move back and forth between rooms. The children grab their mother’s hair. My father screams at my mother while she kisses and placates him. In the liminal space between life and whatever comes before and after life, these women play, feed, and fight on a continuous loop.
