Artist: Ruth González-Muhlestein
Titles:
FREE PALESTINE (0300) - Palestinian Liberation = Collective Liberation
Can't Pray For Rain (0301) - Amidst the drying of the Salt Lake and the ever-present threat of AI data centers, we find our voice as a community to say no and begin to listen to the stewards of this land that we might rehabilitate it, that we might find our harmony within it.
You Left Bitemarks on Me (0302) - A musing on the ways that past hurts can haunt and linger.
I Want to Hear My Song, But I'm Out of Quarters (0303) - In a capitalist hellscape we're entertained but unwell.
Animacy (0304) - Animacy makes non-human species alive in a way that engenders respect. This type of language is actually seen as dangerous to cultures that need nature to be seen as inanimate in order to exploit it as a resource.
El Pendejo (0305) - “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism. “Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the one facing us across the frontier of the battle lines, which is not so much our enemy as our brothers' enemy, but the one that calls itself our protector and makes us its slaves. No matter what the circumstances, the worst betrayal will always be to subordinate ourselves to this apparatus and to trample underfoot, in its service, all human values in ourselves and in others.” ― Simone Weil. “Nationalism is an infantile thing. It is the measles of mankind.” ― Albert Einstein. “When fascism comes to America…it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” ― James Waterman Wise
Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 2 x 3 ½ inches
Price: $80
Artist Bio: Ruth is a first generation Mexican-American who was born and raised in Utah. They work as a social media content creator for RISE Virtual Academy and are actively involved in local community organizing as well as being a parent and partner. They're passionate about social justice work and enjoy writing and making collages in their spare time.
