tropiblue is the artistic duo made up by Laura Isabel Fernandez and Laura Sofia Pérez.
Working under the alias “tropidarks,” Laura Isabel creates mixed media installations using random objects to represent human impact on the environment. Born in the Dominican Republic, she attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Laura Sofia is an interdisciplinary artist who works in video, film, sound, and installation. Her work draws from feminist and avant-garde cinema, phenomenological philosophy, Caribbean Postcolonial theory, and ancestral knowledge. She received her MFA in Film/Video from California Institute of the Arts and has held residencies in Puerto Rico, Canada, and elsewhere.
works
-
Pan-gee-ah 16-1-14-7-5-1 P-A-N-G-E-A (2021)
Video, sound, 8:25min
As we continue our exploration with trash and accumulation, we use wasted beer cans and industrial materials to talk about the human footprint on Earth. Each element built by the pop tabs represents stages of life lived absentmindedly, influenced by a co-dependence of alcohol and other substances.
As separate units they lack weight and complexity, but as a whole they cover the body with a cold shield of aluminum and spikes, a fallacy of protection in a society that is taxing on our bodies and spirits.
Through this slow and impactful change, innocent youth endures, yet morphs our perception time and our awareness of our aging bodies.
-
Pan-gee-ah 16-1-14-7-5-1 P-A-N-G-E-A (2021)
Pop tabs and wire