Media: Installation-action.

Materials/Technique: 90 pieces of clothing, furniture, catalogue of the collection.

Dimensions: Variables.

Date: 2018.

Vanities was articulated around the design of thirty pieces of clothing, created by synthesizing the images of certificates, diplomas, and moral awards given to my grandmother by several political and mass organizations in Cuba from the ’60s to the ’90s. The appropriation of certain decorative elements from the certificates, to create utilitarian articles, establishes a comment on the changes occurring in contemporary Cuban society; in which, the value of sacrifice, unconditional effort, and moral recognition, has been replaced by the vindication of individuality, the logic of survival, and the consumption needed.

The project had the explicit purpose of selling the pieces of clothing separately, democratizing its consumption. The exhibition space functioned as a sort of boutique, with display hangers, appropriate shelves, and modular furniture reinterpreting the aesthetics of the ’60s. The clothing was made in three different sizes for each design (S, M, L), totaling 90 pieces.

Besides this installation set, the show included a collection catalog, containing the sketches I made for the clothing designs, as well as the images of the original certificates conferred to my grandmother.