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Latino USA

Pepón Osorio’s Accumulation of Memory

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

Documentary, Politics, Society & Culture, News

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Visual artist Pepón Osorio on his latest comprehensive exhibition at the New Museum, growing up in Puerto Rico, his passion for collecting objects and finding home in the Bronx.

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FUTURTA

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This is Latino USA, the Radio Journal of News and Cultura.

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It's Latino USA.

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It's Latino USA. It's Latino USA. I'm Maria Inu Hosa. We bring you stories that are

0:17.0

underreported but that mattered to you overlooked by the rest of the media.

0:21.2

And while the country is struggling to deal with these problems.

0:23.5

We listen to the stories of black and Latino students.

0:26.0

A united Latino front, a cultural renaissance,

0:29.5

organizing at the forefront of the movement.

0:33.0

I'm Maria Inohosa, no say

0:35.0

and say one. Objects whether we wanted it to admit it or not

0:40.0

have great importance in our lives.

0:46.0

From future media and PRX, it's Latino USA.

0:49.0

I'm Maria Ino Hosa.

0:51.0

Today, Puerto Rican visual artist Peppono Sorio and the accumulation of memory.

0:57.0

The art that Pepon Osorio makes is not something that you just see.

1:10.9

You actually experience it.

1:13.0

Because his work is big installations full of objects,

1:23.2

of sounds of images that take over entire rooms,

1:27.3

full of layers of Latino culture and memorabilia.

1:31.4

Each of Peppono Sorio's installations can take him three to four years to build.

1:38.6

And it's in part because of the intricacy of his creations, that his work is rarely on view in museums or galleries.

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