La soga / The rope. Series: IN-Equity (by Cristina Baccin, 2017)

La soga/The Rope

Series: IN-Equity / Serie: DES-igualdad

Technique: Diptych Mixed media on canvas (charcoal, pastels, acrylic, yute)- 24 x 36 inch per panel

This work has been selected to appear in the National Academy of Medicine´s Visualize Health Equity Gallery. The exhibit will be hosted in Washington, DC on November 9 in conjunction with the national stakeholder meeting, Engaging Allies in the Culture of Health Movement at the Keck Center (The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 500 Fifth Street, NW | Washington, DC 20001, USA)

In their communication, the committee said: “Our review committee thought your submission, The Rope/La Soga, was particularly insightful and would be a thought-provoking addition to our exhibit.”

Check the Gallery online here: About Visualize Health Project

(SPANISH) La igualdad de oportunidades es proporcional al largo de la soga que te dan para “jugar a la vida”.

La infancia es la cuna de la igualdad en la vida y la soga es uno de los juegos más antiguos de los niños: no hay igualdad de oportunidades cuando la soga que le dan a un infante no alcanza para salir a “jugar a la vida”.

Los niños más pobres de Estados Unidos viven en New Mexico: las niñas son las mayores víctimas de esta situación.

Por eso, en mi trabajo artístico he representado dos situaciones: una, donde la niña no puede jugar y no puede saltar una soga que -más que un juguete- es un obstáculo aún para caminar; en la otra, la niña puede jugar sosteniendo su propia soga que, a su vez, está conectada a una larga soga representando la interconectividad y los recursos de su comunidad para protegerla y nutrirla en su crecimiento y desarrollo.

(ENG) Health equity depends on the resources made available to you, such as the length of rope one has to play in the game of life.

Childhood is the cradle of health equity and jump rope one of the most ancient childhood games; there is no equity when the jump rope is too short to play.

The poorest children in the USA live in New Mexico; girls are at greatest risk in this impoverished state.

This work represents two situations: one in which a girl cannot play and where the instrument of play is a barrier, the other in which a girl’s playing is supported by a rope interconnected with others and the resources of a community that protects and nourishes her growth and development.

Panel 2 – La soga larga

Detail 1: La soga corta

Panel 1: La soga corta