Minuflí Now

In the 1980s, Dhara Rivera’s grandmother told her about the family’s experiences of Hurricane San Ciriaco
in 1899, and the unexpected death of her husband one month prior. Faced with an inventory of losses: the farm, sustenance, the husband and father, her mourning was transformed into productivity. Initially, the family turned to sewing men’s suits and, later, baking.

This installation produces the effects of familiarity and connection to the narrative of mourning and comfort, with a dystopic rocking chair that rocks from side to side, with crochet, fabric, metal, and video elements. Here, time and space are suspended to find comforting clues.

Commissioned by MAC en el Barrio, 2021