Pepita Para El Loro Para Que Hable o Calle

The Cacti sculptures will be in dialogue with Cabrera’s new uniform sculpture series, Pepita Para El Loro Para Que Hable o Calle whose title inspired by an old Mexican Refrain that translates to “ A nugget for the parrot so that it speaks or stays quiet”. This new series -represents the endangered species of Mexican Parrots –migrating birds at risk of extinction due to their legal import into American pet trade. The invitation by Cabrera to initiate a mimicking interaction between the talking Cotorro sculptures with their audience, introduces a satirical light on the complicity in a dehumanizing American enterprise and instills the question of its origin and responsibility in all who are present.