https://sokalazara.squarespace.com/projects daily 0.75 2024-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c906c67a09a7e3604799c6f/1556648613314-2JA28ZM590456XYGF2PJ/IRISHSOKARE.jpg Series - Mother's Side Storytelling was the earliest means of passing down information from generation to generation. Growing up with my grandparents they could never tell a short story about them or the other members of my family. This created imagery of my ancestors through the stories they told. Mother’s Side is a self-portrait series of fictional re-enactment of stories inspired by the female ancestors through my mother’s lineage. These stories allowed me to create a portrait of my ancestor of a moment that was not necessarily documented but was only passed down through a story. When looking through the vernacular photographs I found in scrapbooks I used only these images as reference to pose. I found the pictures vague in understanding who my ancestor was and wanted to know more about them. Scrapbooks are pre-determined and edited by our ancestors to create a depiction of themselves to their descendants. Our ancestors choose the photographs they want to be depicted of themselves, and this only allows us to see how they wanted to be represented. But by listening to family stories, it allows for me to create an image that wasn’t photographed. It enables me to interpret my ancestor myself instead of mimicking an image they have chosen. These stories inspired a new narrative and I felt by restaging them (with me in the place of my female ancestor), I was creating a personal statement of my own contribution to my family’s narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c906c67a09a7e3604799c6f/1553824488741-IL6QYEB8WI7W68YRKOTX/2.bathroom.jpg Series - Me, Myself, & I The series Me, Myself, & I is a self-portrait series exploring the interaction between myself when I’m alone. When I was younger I felt it difficult to spend time by myself I always felt the need to be with others. Over time the need to always be with others faded and I learned that spending time alone is the only company you need sometimes. The images aim to portray a typical day of my interactions. The usage of clones throughout the photographs is to represent the idea of hanging out with myself. Quoted from the movie Submarine (2010) by Richard Avoade “In many ways I prefer my own company, it gives me time to think.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c906c67a09a7e3604799c6f/1585928508252-H8RTK6AIHJAO5R2LTDW4/LUFTRODRIGUEZ_SOKA_INSTALLATION.jpg Series - Westbury The Westbury is a series that follows residents who live in a long-term care home in Etobicoke, Ontario. The work combines mixed-media to create an image-wrapped dollhouse that is generic in design and it is contrasted with environmental portraits of the residents to show their living space. The dollhouse contains 3D prints of the residents as well as objects to represent the way society perceives their home through repetition, while the photographs showcase what their space truly looks like. Recently in Canada, there has been a demand for long-term care homes due to the ageing population and disability. The demand for these homes has resulted in a lack of creativity in the design of these places. The buildings end up mimicking hotel and motel structures and eventually causing the communities living within these buildings to fade into our neighborhoods. The repetition in design allows us to disregard these communities. This can also, be a cue of society’s discomfort with age. As many of the connotations of long-term care homes are negative due to social basis against disability and age. However, the residents within these homes break free from these connotations by creating a place of their own. 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This project was made possible through Vibe Art’s Desire Lines Program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c906c67a09a7e3604799c6f/1713217442978-Z9M0C2SH3DKB8G4QDABT/familyroots-2.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c906c67a09a7e3604799c6f/1713217483569-SLP70HOPF6Q28M28HY0C/familyroots-4.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c906c67a09a7e3604799c6f/1713295311316-FYRHLM185FJ56Y9PB2TL/6_Luft-Rodriguez_FamilyTree_2023.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c906c67a09a7e3604799c6f/1713295311767-ROZJNH4A8NRIIDZB0HS1/7_LuftRodriguez_CreatorsPath_2023.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c906c67a09a7e3604799c6f/1775276646466-3LY5BD0W38F5QBAQJLDR/AncestralBloom_UPDATED_SOKA-V2.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c906c67a09a7e3604799c6f/1775275893041-6BFNUCB3KQFMNCEJFGPZ/bloom.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c906c67a09a7e3604799c6f/1585928508252-H8RTK6AIHJAO5R2LTDW4/LUFTRODRIGUEZ_SOKA_INSTALLATION.jpg Welcome - Westbury The Westbury is a series that follows residents who live in a long-term care home in Etobicoke, Ontario. The work combines mixed-media to create an image-wrapped dollhouse that is generic in design and it is contrasted with environmental portraits of the residents to show their living space. The dollhouse contains 3D prints of the residents as well as objects to represent the way society perceives their home through repetition, while the photographs showcase what their space truly looks like. Recently in Canada, there has been a demand for long-term care homes due to the ageing population and disability. The demand for these homes has resulted in a lack of creativity in the design of these places. The buildings end up mimicking hotel and motel structures and eventually causing the communities living within these buildings to fade into our neighborhoods. The repetition in design allows us to disregard these communities. This can also, be a cue of society’s discomfort with age. As many of the connotations of long-term care homes are negative due to social basis against disability and age. However, the residents within these homes break free from these connotations by creating a place of their own. 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