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'''The lemon tree is a resilient plant that bears fruit even when it is dying.''' In this project, the lemon tree is a symbol of the members and generations of my Cuban family, it is an inheritance of sentimental and moral values in it. | '''The lemon tree is a resilient plant that bears fruit even when it is dying.''' In this project, the lemon tree is a symbol of the members and generations of my Cuban family, it is also an inheritance of sentimental and moral values in it. | ||
This piece is inspired by my grandfather, Justo Manuel González. The last words he wrote, when he was losing his faculties, were an autobiography recounting the enormous work he did, mostly linked to the Cuban revolutionary process social and economic tasks. Abuelo Justo, who was a “national vanguard” of the Cuban Revolution, worked with honesty, sacrifice, and faith, to create a good society for his family, his community, and his country. He died in 2021 in Cuba after several months of being a victim of medical abandonment and negligence since his country became corrupted and neglectful of its people. He never lived the system and country he dreamed of, even when he worked and fought for it his whole life. | This piece is inspired by my grandfather, Justo Manuel González. The last words he wrote, when he was losing his faculties, were an autobiography recounting the enormous work he did, mostly linked to the Cuban revolutionary process social and economic tasks. Abuelo Justo, who was a “national vanguard” of the Cuban Revolution, worked with honesty, sacrifice, and faith, to create a good society for his family, his community, and his country. He died in 2021 in Cuba after several months of being a victim of medical abandonment and negligence since his country became corrupted and neglectful of its people. He never lived the system and country he dreamed of, even when he worked and fought for it his whole life. | ||
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I used the branches collected from that tree, making them move when the visitor approached close to them. It was also shown a dried lemon from that tree. | I used the branches collected from that tree, making them move when the visitor approached close to them. It was also shown a dried lemon from that tree. | ||
The archive also shows how my parents in Cuba, after the death of the old lemon tree planted a new lemon tree in their yard | The archive also shows how my parents in Cuba, after the death of the old lemon tree, planted a new lemon tree in their yard. It also shows how I, a few years after escaping from Cuba, decided to start planting new lemon trees, as a way of approach to my family and roots despite distance and exile. | ||
I also set up a house-shaped terrarium with the new lemon tree plants. | In the installation, I also set up a house-shaped terrarium with the new lemon tree plants. | ||
[[File:Dania González Sanabria sketch 1.jpg|thumb|1116x1116px|<small>Sketch 1, Lemon tree archive, Dania González Sanabria</small> ]] | [[File:Dania González Sanabria sketch 1.jpg|thumb|1116x1116px|<small>Sketch 1, Lemon tree archive, Dania González Sanabria</small> ]] | ||