{"id":1788,"date":"2025-03-12T15:45:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T21:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.galeriaoctagono.com\/blog\/?p=1788"},"modified":"2025-03-25T12:56:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T18:56:47","slug":"in-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galeriaoctagono.com\/blog\/?p=1788","title":{"rendered":"IN TRANSIT : Work from 2019 to 2023 \/ Trabajo del 2019 al 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Face
La simetr\u00eda de la cara present\u00f3 varios problemas, adem\u00e1s de que [por supuesto] se me acab\u00f3 la tela.
The face symmetry presented various problems, and [of course] I ran out of fabric.
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\n\"\"<\/a> IN TRANSIT <\/p>\n

\"In
Preparing the grid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nWidth: 45 cm X 45 cm X 68 cm
\nLength: 100 cm plus extension to the floor = 180 cm total. \"\"<\/a>
\nDepth: 31 cm
\nWeight: 6 Kg<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Shape: Triangular prism, with a cascade of 46 passion flowers that fall ad libitum<\/em> to the floor. \"\"<\/a>
\nIt is suggested that the piece be hung with the top edge at 180 cm from the floor in order to create a \u201cpool\u201d of fallen flowers underneath the mask.
\nThis piece is very easy to set up. I expect to be able to ship it assembled, and the curator can place the extention and flowers on the floor: There is no complicated assembly required. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Techniques: Wrap, knotting, sewing, crochet, paper bead making.
\nMaterials: Carton, paper, threads, yarns, fabric.
\n

\"Silvia
La escogencia de colores tiene mucho que ver con las fotos para jurado.
Los jurados seleccionan por medio de fotograf\u00edas, por lo cual la obra debe ser fotog\u00e9nica.
Empiezo con negro de fondo, el cual coso con hilo casi negro.
Color choice has much to do with the photos presented to the jury.
Jurors make the selection by looking at photos, so the piece must be photogenic.
I start with background black, which I sew with almost-black thread.
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\"Silvia
Horas de horas cosiendo el cuadriculado.
Hours upon hours sewing the grid.
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\"Beginning
\u00a1Todav\u00eda experimentando y navegando m\u00e1s o menos en la oscuridad!
I’m still experimenting, and sailing more or less in darkness.
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Ancho: 45 cm X 45 cm X 68 cm. \"\"<\/a>
\nLargo: 100 cm adem\u00e1s de extensi\u00f3n al piso = 180 cm. total.
\nFondo: 31 cm.
\nPeso: 6 Kg.<\/p>\n

Forma: Prisma triangular con cascada de 46 flores pasionarias que caen ad libitum<\/em> hasta el piso.
\nSe sugiere que la pieza sea colgada con el borde de arriba a 180 cm del piso, para crear una \u201cfuente\u201d de flores ca\u00eddas debajo de la m\u00e1scara.<\/strong><\/p>\n

T\u00e9cnicas: Envoltorio, anudaci\u00f3n, costura, crochet, abalorios de papel.
\nMateriales: Cart\u00f3n, papel, hilos, lanas, telas.<\/strong>
\n

\"This
Whether indigent or migrating, carton is the first thing people in street situations find, and in many cases it is their only possession. It also is the material of choice when we need to move our belongings. Therefore, I turned a cardboard box into a mask, making reference to the increasing number of persons who pass by, or \u201ctrespass\u201d in search for a better life: They need to be treated in a humanitarian way. \u201cToday you need me; I might need you tomorrow\u2026\u201d
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\n
\"Looking
Slow process. Not only am I lacking the second part, but it doesn’t have \u201cwow\u201d yet!
Proceso lento. \u00a1No solo falta la otra mitad, sino que le falta \u201cguau\u201d!<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Hard
Me gusta el color, pero no estoy segura de la forma.
I like the color, but I’m not sure about the shape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\n
\"Handmade
A veces tengo j\u00f3venes que quieren aprender a hacer cuentas y luego me regalan algunas. Es tanto trabajo, que les arreglo las imperfecciones y las uso en mi arte.
Sometimes I have youngesters wanting to learn to make beads, and they give me some. It’s so much work, I fix imperfections and use them in my art.
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\"My
Preparando las primeras de las 320 cuentas de papel. Cada una pintada y barnizada.
Preparing the first of the 320 paper beads. Each is painted and varnished.
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\n
\"The
Hice 92 collares para las 46 pasifloras. Est\u00e1n hechos de papel Kraft reciclado, pintado, barnizado y cosido.
I made 92 of these necklaces for the 46 passifloras. They’re made of recycled Kraft paper, painted, varnished, and sewn.
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\n
\"Inspirada
Inspirada en la pasionaria: flor de pasiones y sufrimiento y a la vez, con poder de curaci\u00f3n.
Inspired by the passionaria: A flower of passions and suffering, but at the same time it has medicinal properties.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\n
\"Preparing
La belleza del cart\u00f3n es no tener transparencia: no refleja la luz del sol. Por lo tanto, se traga todos los colores y adopta un color cafezusco, terrestre.
The beauty of cardboard is not having transparency\u2014it doesn’t reflect sunlight. Therefore, it swallows colors and gets an earthen, brownish color.
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\"The
Making the flowers. Painting, wrapping, sewing.
Haciendo las flores. Pintadas, envueltas y cosidas.
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\"Photo
El Maestro Eugenio Garc\u00eda Chinchilla alistando su equipo fotogr\u00e1fico.
No podemos dudar la importancia de poner nuestra obra en manos de un experto.
Maestro Garc\u00eda setting up.
We can’t deny the importance of placing our work in the hands of an expert photographer.<\/figcaption><\/figure> https:\/\/www.eugeniogarciaphotography.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Side
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\"Silvia
Silvia Piza-Tandlich. “In transit”.
Width: 45 cm X 45 cm X 68 cm. Length: 100 cm plus extension to the floor = 180 cm total. Depth: 31 cm.
Photo: Eugenio Garc\u00eda Chinchilla
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\"\"<\/a> In Transit<\/p>\n

A sense of belonging in social settings, or in our own home, with our own family, is the most important thing in life. Our personal chronology accepts a time and behavior for our stages as we age\u2014from childhood expectancies and experiences to the great array of adult conditions and emotions that mold us into distinct personalities. Therefore, I am often surprised by the apparent lack of empathy toward persons who for one reason or another, end up having to migrate under extreme subhuman conditions, or are forced to live on the street.
\n Imagine what would be like to be displaced from your home, your family, your land and culture…making you run away in search of a better life?
\n Imagine that you can only carry the most basic of belongings, but throughout your displacement some of those precious material things are lost or traded for the slightest bit of comfort your existence can afford you: That momentary satiation of hunger, or a tiny investment in your safety, or a possession\u2019s disappearance due to circumstances sometimes unimaginable to anyone else. And then you find cardboard, which is usually free and provides a bit of warmth, comfort, and privacy. The same carton box we use to transport or safe-keep our possessions now deals with the whole of us and becomes our new sense of nesting, living, and surviving. \u201cMy space is delineated by my carton mat, and that tiny grungy bit of Life belongs to me,\u201d says our sense of belonging as that mat becomes center of our universe.
\n My artwork presents a running mask depicting a person being displaced in a world ridden by lack of water and food, political unrest, poverty, and lack of opportunity\u2014each running person carrying along the current self and the past self, which conceal identity beyond current appearance. Nobody knows who you are. Ruggedness, body odor, language, and skin color denote not being from around here, and being in distress\u2014being in a street situation and not being able to convey friendliness, because in many cases the migrant has to trespass, and successful humans don\u2019t trespass… What has to happen for you to overcome this situation, and prosper again to your fullest potential?
\n

\"\"<\/a>
Passion flower with leafs on white ground. Shallow focus.<\/figcaption><\/figure> I chose the passion flower to represent the uniqueness of human qualities and traits since it has the same array of moods as the human being: It can be sweet, sour, medicinal, or poisonous depending on the variety, but all of them are beautiful. My idea of the running mask dropping passion flowers as it goes, reminds me of the human journey associated with whatever brought us to this point in life where the past and present converge, without regard for the big incognita about the future despite of the fact that future uncertainty is twofold increased when your present is also uncertain.
\n From the political corner of my eye, I think not only of those of us who have lived partially or entirely a \u201cgood life,\u201d but mostly think of so many young persons starting out in extreme poverty, or slavery, in a situation of homelessness or, simply, in transit. Where and how will all of those people be? How will the children of displacement feel about forming attachments, and how will others be affected by the social adjustment required on both sides?
\n As a visual artist, I am trying to convey the need to create a world of empathy and inter-connectedness beyond border despair, travel injustice, and sociopolitical rejection, because I can see how human migrations will intensify in the near future. Another source of concern, however, is the thought that human beings are also experiencing the onset of a new environmental correction emergency. For the first time are we realizing that most comfortable practices of the past hundred years are not compatible with the need to stop heating the planet, and carton represents both the coziness and practicality of a life-saving material worldwide, but at the same time its manufacture is a wrong as wrong could be: Carton results from the extreme burning of wood and recycled papers, and its future lack of availability might turn it into a priced material in years to come, rather than continue to be within reach for people in need.
\n U.S. designer Karen Salmansohn has the right attitude by stating that \u201cYour energy is more eloquent than your words: People hear how you vibe.\u201d My hope is to be able to vibe for others, and hope that others will vibe for us if ever we\u2019re forced into a street situation, because awareness brings action. As the world grows and more people migrate, positive change is only affordable if the entire society starts to make the necessary provisions to assist persons in need before their need to flee begins, and especially during the stress and duress they\u2019re subjected to on their search for a better life.
\n\u2014Silvia Piza-Tandlich <\/p>\n

\"Silvia <\/p>\n

En tr\u00e1nsito<\/p>\n

El sentimiento de pertenencia en entornos sociales, o en nuestro propio hogar, con nuestra propia familia, es lo m\u00e1s importante en la vida. Nuestra cronolog\u00eda personal acepta un tiempo y comportamiento para nuestras etapas a medida que vamos envejeciendo, desde las expectativas y experiencias de la ni\u00f1ez hasta la gran variedad de condiciones y emociones humanas adultas que nos moldean para tener personalidades propias. Por eso, a menudo me sorprende la aparente falta de empat\u00eda hacia personas que, por una raz\u00f3n u otra, acaban teniendo que migrar en condiciones infrahumanas extremas, o se ven obligadas a vivir en la calle. Imagina c\u00f3mo ser\u00eda ser desplazado de tu hogar, tu familia, tu tierra y tu cultura…haci\u00e9ndote huir en busca de una vida mejor.
\n Imag\u00ednate si solo pudieras llevar las pertenencias m\u00e1s b\u00e1sicas pero, a lo largo de tu desplazamiento, algunas de esas cosas preciadas se perdieran o tuvieran que ser canjeadas por el m\u00e1s m\u00ednimo consuelo que su existencia pudiera brindarte: saciar el hambre, o un peque\u00f1a inversi\u00f3n en tu seguridad. Imag\u00ednate el significado de la desaparici\u00f3n de alguno de tus \u00faltimos tesoros debido a circunstancias a veces inimaginables para las dem\u00e1s personas.
\n Y luego encuentras cart\u00f3n, que generalmente es gratis y brinda un poco de calor, comodidad y privacidad. La misma caja de cart\u00f3n que usamos para transportar o resguardar nuestras posesiones, ahora se ocupa de todo tu ser y se convierte en nuestro nuevo sentido de anidar, vivir y sobrevivir. \u201cMi espacio est\u00e1 demarcado por mi pedazo de cart\u00f3n, y ese peque\u00f1o y sucio pedacito de Vida me pertenece\u201d, dice tu sentido de pertenencia, ahora convertido en centro del universo.
\n Mi obra muestra una m\u00e1scara huyendo, la cual representa a la persona desplazada en un mundo que no pudo ofrecerle agua ni alimentos, o debido a la amenaza pol\u00edtica, la pobreza o la falta de oportunidades. \u201cCaras vemos, corazones no sabemos\u201d…y cada persona que corre lleva consigo el yo actual y el yo pasado, ocultando su identidad m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de su apariencia actual. Nadie sabe qui\u00e9n eres. La aspereza y desconfianza, el olor corporal, el lenguaje y el color de la piel denotan no ser de por aqu\u00ed y estar angustiada, estar en una situaci\u00f3n de calle y no poder transmitir simpat\u00eda, porque en muchos casos el\/la migrante tiene que traspasar y los humanos exitosos no traspasan… De ese punto, a lograr iniciar tu vida hasta volver a demostrar tu m\u00e1xima capacidad, \u00bfqu\u00e9 cosas tienen que suceder?
\n Eleg\u00ed la pasiflora para representar la singularidad de las cualidades y rasgos humanos, ya que tiene la misma gama de estados de \u00e1nimo que tenemos las personas: puede ser dulce, agria, medicinal o venenosa seg\u00fan la variedad, pero todas son hermosas. Mi idea de la m\u00e1scara que corre dejando caer pasifloras a medida que avanza, me recuerda el viaje humano asociado con lo que nos llev\u00f3 a este punto de la vida donde el pasado y el presente convergen, sin tomar en cuenta la gran inc\u00f3gnita sobre el futuro, la cual, en realidad, se acrecienta si el presente es extremadamente incierto.
\n Desde el rabillo de mi ojo pol\u00edtico, pienso no solo en aquellos de nosotros que hemos vivido parcial o totalmente una \u201cbuena vida\u201d, sino sobre todo pienso en tantos j\u00f3venes que comienzan la suya en pobreza extrema, o en esclavitud, o en una situaci\u00f3n de indigencia o, simplemente, en tr\u00e1nsito. A futuro, \u00bfd\u00f3nde y c\u00f3mo estar\u00e1n todas esas personas? \u00bfC\u00f3mo se sentir\u00e1n los ni\u00f1os desplazados en cuanto a formar v\u00ednculos, y c\u00f3mo se ver\u00e1n afectadas las dem\u00e1s personas debido al ajuste social requerido en ambos lados?
\n Como artista visual, estoy tratando de transmitir la necesidad de crear un mundo de empat\u00eda e interconexi\u00f3n m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de la desesperaci\u00f3n fronteriza, la injusticia de los viajes y el rechazo social y pol\u00edtico, porque puedo prever que las migraciones humanas se intensificar\u00e1n en un futuro cercano. Sin embargo, otra fuente de preocupaci\u00f3n es que los seres humanos tambi\u00e9n estemos experimentando el inicio de la nueva etapa de correcci\u00f3n ambiental. Por vez primera nos damos cuenta de que las pr\u00e1cticas m\u00e1s c\u00f3modas de los \u00faltimos cien a\u00f1os, no son compatibles con la necesidad de dejar de calentar el planeta, y el cart\u00f3n representa tanto la comodidad como la practicidad de un material que salva vidas en todo el mundo, pero al mismo tiempo su fabricaci\u00f3n es el mayor error ambiental posible: el cart\u00f3n es el resultado de la quema extrema de maderas y papeles reciclados, y su futura falta de disponibilidad podr\u00eda convertirlo en un material de precio en los pr\u00f3ximos a\u00f1os, en lugar de seguir estando al alcance de las personas m\u00e1s necesitadas. \"\"<\/a>
\n La dise\u00f1adora estadounidense Karen Salmansohn tiene la actitud correcta al afirmar que “Tu energ\u00eda es m\u00e1s elocuente que tus palabras: la gente escucha c\u00f3mo vibras”. Mi esperanza es poder vibrar por los dem\u00e1s y espero que otros vibren por nosotros si alguna vez nos vi\u00e9ramos obligados a vivir en la calle, porque la consciencia lleva a la acci\u00f3n. A medida que el mundo crece y m\u00e1s personas migran, el cambio positivo solo es asequible si toda la sociedad comenzara a tomar las medidas necesarias para acompa\u00f1ar a las personas necesitadas antes de que necesiten huir o desplazarse, y mucho m\u00e1s durante el estr\u00e9s y la subyugaci\u00f3n a que son sometidos en su b\u00fasqueda de una vida mejor.
\n\u2014Silvia Piza-Tandlich<\/strong> \"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IN TRANSIT Width: 45 cm X 45 cm X 68 cm Length: 100 cm plus extension to the floor = 180 cm total. Depth: 31 cm Weight: 6 Kg Shape: Triangular prism, with a cascade of 46 passion flowers that fall ad libitum to the floor. It is suggested that the piece be hung with … <\/p>\n

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