A new video performance video from Lala Drona’s series “La Minute Lala” has just been released. In her new video “Lalatina,” Lala Drona expresses her Latin American side.
Lala Drona’s mother is originally from Caracas, Venezuela. Her mother grew up in the project 23 de enero, a barrio infamous for it’s crime, slums and squatters: remnants of the 1958 coup d’etat which overthrew dictator Marquez Perez Jimenez.
23 de Enero, Caracas, Venezuela
“My mother’s experience growing up was not easy, but she has remained an optimist. Her stories are unbelievable, and the values transmitted through them, indispensable to me. These stories can only be described as dark magic realism.”
Lala Drona often integrates her mother’s experiences into her own in her writing and paintings. “Some of the lines in my videos, in my writing are inspired by her. She’s always there as an advisor on my paintings. She is such a big part of me, and I am truly lucky to have her.”
Lala Drona continues to work and live in Beijing, China on her current series, “Wrong Place, Wrong Time,” a series inspired by her experience in China and taking place in her artistic universe.
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