Your Capitalism is Fucking Killing Us (Part 1)
Series of six hand-embroidered mixed media artworks - in production 2026
This series is created in collaboration with sociologist Jasmin Hristov and the FNLS (Frente Nacional de Lucha por el Socialismo). Read more about her work and our collaboration here.
YCIFKU (Part 1) is a monument to collective grief. Using archival images of disappeared and murdered Indigenous FNLS members, provided through my colleague Jasmin and approved for use by the FNLS, I digitally warped their silent portraits into agonizing screams before translating them into painstaking hand-embroidery on ubiquitous Latin American plastic tarps. By weaving in discarded lottery tickets, candy wrappers, and other New York City street trash, the lost appear to rise from the capitalist waste of the Global North to scream directly at the viewer. The series is an intentional invocation of horror and shame, forcing audiences to finally confront their complicity in a brutalization the world has long ignored.
Your Capitalism Is Fucking Killing Us (Part 1, #1) Gregorio de la Cruz de la Cruz tortured and murdered. Embroidery thread, lottery tickets, various fabrics, buttons, metal loops, wire, sewing thread, acrylic paint, color pencil & markers, tear-away stabilizer on plastic tarp with additional grommets. 33 x 26 in., 2026.
Your Capitalism Is Fucking Killing Us (Part 1, #2) Humberto Morales Santiz a 13-year old child killed by extrajudicial execution by a paramilitary group called Los Petules. He was assassinated for being a member of the FNLS. Embroidery thread, buttons, various fabrics, lottery tickets, food wrappers, acrylic paint, marker, color pencil on tear-away stabilizer on plastic tarp 33 x 26 in., 2026.
Your Capitalism Is Fucking Killing Us (Part 1, #3) Victor Alfonso Pérez López, assassinated by a paramilitary group. He was assassinated for being a member of the FNLS. Embroidery thread, buttons, various fabrics, lottery tickets, food wrappers, acrylic paint, marker, color pencil on tear-away stabilizer on plastic tarp 33 x 26 in., 2026.
Your Capitalism Is Fucking Killing Us (Part 1, #4) Efraín Espinoza Pérez was the victim of a political assassination while plowing fields. He was murdered by a paramilitary group known as the Alianza San Bartolomé de los Llanos acting in coordination with the National Guard. Embroidery thread, buttons, various fabrics, lottery tickets, food wrappers, acrylic paint, marker, color pencil on tear-away stabilizer on plastic tarp 33 x 26 in., 2026.
Your Capitalism Is Fucking Killing Us (Part 1, #5) Ramiro Rodriguez Santiz was murdered by the paramilitary group "Los Petules", while working in the fields. Embroidery thread, buttons, various fabrics, lottery tickets, food wrappers, acrylic paint, marker, color pencil on tear-away stabilizer on plastic tarp 33 x 26 in., 2026.
Your Capitalism Is Fucking Killing Us (Part 1, #6) Rosa Hernández Reyes was the victim of assault by police during a demonstration and severely injured by a police car that rammed her, and in addition she completely lost her memory. Embroidery thread, buttons, various fabrics, lottery tickets, food wrappers, acrylic paint, marker, color pencil on tear-away stabilizer on plastic tarp 33 x 26 in., 2026.
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