Alejandro Casazi is an artist that first started out with printmaking. He is from Colombia is was initially inspired by his environment and the way he lived and depicted it within his work. He grew up during a lot of violence and turmoil that was occurring in Colombia. He stated that in elementary school they had to practice weekly bomb attacks because real attacks would accrue at the schools. His book art entitled "Kissing the Pavement" was a series of books that would fold out to create a larger image. Up close the image looks like a mountain or landscape scene but when you move farther away it is a representation of a human laying on its side. He did a male figure for one and a female for the other. Each of these were printed and had gold leafing added to them. He came up with this idea after being attacked and mugged one night. After finding out the store it makes it so much more powerful.
My other favorite piece was this suspended balls that when held by a person would become at the same beat of the persons breathing. There was a bunch of these in a room and when they each had a person attached to them then all of the people's breathing would be connected and be at the same rate. I thought this was fascinating to have an interactive piece like this.
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