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Saint Non-binary, protect me from discrimination at work. (2025)
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Saint Fluid, bless me, starfish, guide and protect LGBTIQ+ refugees crossing the waters. (2025)
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Saint Trans loba, make my transition safe. (2025)
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Saint IVF, protect my reproductive rights and help me build my queer family. (2025)
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Saint Marica, help me heal from oppression and turn my pain into power. (2025)
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Santa Cura, keep me undetectable. (2025)
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Santa Luminaria, Light my path to a queer safe haven. (2025)
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Saint Babalu-Ayé, protect me from ableism. (2025)
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Saint Mars, Shield me from violence, bullying and Harassment. (2025)
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Santa Aletheia, Keep me out of the closet. (2025)
SAFE SPACE: A QUEER SPELL-MANIFESTO
The installation, Safe Space, is an artistic response to the growing wave of discriminatory bills and escalating violence against LGBTQ+ individuals globally. It seeks to reclaim and reimagine spiritual and ritualistic symbols as forms of resistance, resilience, and care for a community under threat. By creating a sacred queer space, the installation confronts the systemic forces of marginalization while offering a vision of empowerment and solidarity.
Central to the work are 11 large images: photographs printed on fabric and acrylic paintings, each depicting protective figures inspired by divine and saint-like iconography. These guardians, imagined within a queer framework, embody protection against the societal and institutional forces that attempt to erase LGBTQ+ lives. The scale of these images emphasizes their significance, allowing viewers to engage deeply with their presence as symbols of strength, solidarity, and spiritual resistance.
Accompanying the large images are smaller, wallet-sized estampitas—a nod to the Spanish traditional Catholic religious prints used for personal devotion and protection. Reimagined through a queer lens, the estampitas carry specific prayers addressing challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community, written in Spanish and English.