Rose Marine Theater

My grandmother is no longer here, and neither is my father. Without them the knowledge and history of my family in Mexico is sparse. I amke art about my imagined ancient ancestral lineage because I do not have any in formation about my actual lineage. Colonization, assimilation, violence, and immigration have erased my familial ties. DNA tests show me I am over 60 percent native American-indigenous, however my family never talks about it, or perhaps doesn't realize it. This kind of erasure has occurred throughout history and continues to this days for different peoples. I feel the indigenous, the Mexican, the Mexican American all existing within me. I am aware of all the history that has passed, before Spanish was on out tongues, before there were borders, after the conquest, after...

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