Homegirl プリクラ

It is with great pleasure I share with you all the coolest art project I have seen in a while. Artists Mayra Ramirez and Rio Yañez have teamed up together to bring you the project entitled : Homegirl プリクラ

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On Yañez's official blog it says :

Homegirl プリクラ is a collaboration between artists Rio Yañez and Mayra Ramirez. It is the next phase of Yañez' art series examining the relationship between Japanese youth emulating Cholo and Chola culture and their counterparts in the United States. Homegirl Purikura reverses the appropriation of visual aesthetics and uses Japanese photobooths (Purikura) to create portraits of Cholas. The use of Purikura enables Yañez and Ramirez to create a hybrid visual presentation of portraits decorated in Chola cultural references but using uniquely Japanese visual tools to do so.

I've been a fan of Yañez work for a couple of years now. More specifically, his Ghetto Frida series (I had it as my desktop at my old work for a loooong time). Here at IHST, we're so down with hybridity and the interweaving of identies. These ideas  are what this whole blog is based on so it's only fitting we feature this project! Plus, Mayra is one of our featured links and a fan of IHST herself. I've known girlfriend for a couple of years via Myspace and Facebook and she is pretty tight. Make sure to become fans of hers on Facebook and visit Rio Yañez's blog!

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