Childhood memories intertwined with intergenerational trauma. Escapism from reality to worlds of fantasy and symbolism; parallels between the mystical and embodied experiences; the piece meditates on imagination as a survival mechanism.

YO OBSOLETO is part of the triptych Memoirs of a Disabled Child: The Real, the Imaginary, and the Misunderstood. 

Medium: choreography, video art, installation

Choreography

Running time: 25 minutes approximately

Stage Dimensions: variable

Credits

Choreography: Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez 

Original Costumes and props: Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez

Curatorial revisit of costumes and props: Branden Wallace

Music: Alfonso Castro Araya

Audio Description script and recording: Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez

Photo credit: © Esteban Chinchilla, 2012. © Adriana Araya Chaves, 2012. © Roger Ruíz, 2014. © Rolando Aviles, 2014. © Iki Nakagawa, 2018. © Johnathan Lewis, 2018. © Walter Włodarczyk, 2020. © Yvonne Portra, 2023. © Steven Pisano, 2024. © Christopher Duggan, 2024

Installation

Materials: Boxing gloves, plastic dolls, paper dolls, plastic toys, gyotaku prints, melodica, pressed flowers, botanical prints, cardboard boxes, remote-control car, paper drawings, carved wooden hands, loose pages from the book Identity: Youth and Crisis by Erik H. Erikson, laces, paper drawings and collage, satin fabric, vintage postcards, cassettes, boombox, human hair.

Dimensions: Variable

Photo credit: ©  Kristine Eudey, 2021. Courtesy of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art

Video Art

Running time: 23:40 minutes

Credits

Choreography: Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez

Costumes and props: Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez 

Music: Alfonso Castro Araya

Audio Description script and recording: Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez

Closed Captions: Diego Blanco

Cinematography: Alex Romania