"Rivera’s work makes visible a delicate coexistence between humans and nonhumans that neither harks backs to a falsely harmonious past, nor foretells an entirely apocalyptic future. Instead, Rivera uses techniques of display and assemblage of disparate materials, the creation of string figures, and the fabrication of more-than-human forms to draw our sustained attention to the anthropogenic imbalances that threaten Puerto Rico’s web of life."

“La obra de Dhara Rivera visibiliza una convivencia delicada de seres humanos y no humanos que ni añora un pasado falsamente armonioso, ni augura un futuro enteramente apocalíptico.  En cambio, Rivera crea ensamblajes mas que humanos, hechos de materiales tanto orgánicos como fabricados, para llamar nuestra atención a los desequilibrios antropogénicos que amenazan las redes vitales de Puerto Rico.” *

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Charlotte Rogers

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Libro en progreso / book in progress

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Lisa Smith Discovery Chair and Associate Professor of Spanish

Director, Graduate Admissions 

Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

University of Virginia

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* Traducción C. Rogers