{"uid":"08uUueqyxuW2Z7EK","type":"artist","tags":["videoinstallation"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"Far from the distance we see","summary":"Far from the distance we see, accompanied by Action Office Was Meant to be About Movement II, installation, HD video, 3D simulations, duration 08:11.\n\n In this film essay narrated by the disembodied, posthumous voices of the artists\u2019 male family members\u2013\u2013their late father and their t\u00edo\u2013\u2013the viewer is led on an oral history journey. Both narrators were the children of migrant laborers from Mexico, working the cotton and okra fields as sharecroppers in Navarro County, Texas. The brothers\u2019 separate lives were both tethered to labor, from imprisonment and work as a prison farm laborer, to work in a hat factory. On a road trip, Luna tries to situate their current self within these contexts, bridging memories and inaccessible sites through simulation technology and digital renderings. \n\nThrough the use of a privacy screen, which renders any monitor behind it completely opaque, viewers are asked to reorient their bodies to gain access to image. The inclusion of the Luna moth wings is a subtle gesture aimed at foregrounding not only the literal and theoretical action of fragmenting, obscuring, camouflaging, but also, the perverse nature of surveillance.","space":"The partitions that accompany the video monitors are modular and can be adjusted by dimension. The documentation shows a piece at 80\" H x 70\" W x 44\" D. The works are meant to activate a dependent participation from the audience, so it is ideal that the placement be in a space that allows for the monitor to be both obscured from the viewer and also also revealed.","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/345919231","audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"names":"Mev","surname":"Luna","email":"mev.luna@gmail.com","dni_type":"PASAPORTE","dni":"572077430","address":"524 Flatbush Ave, Apt 4A","city":"Brooklyn","nacionality":"American","country_id":"236","birthdate":"1988-01-14T06:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1988-01-14T06:00:00.000Z","telephone":"8329048525","web":"www.mevluna.com \/ @mev_merized","fileCount":1}