Tengo hambre de libertad. Si me muero, no quiero que este tragíco país se trague mis huesos...por lo menos para fortalecer los gusanos de allá y no los de acá. -Julia de Burgos
In memory: David Sanes Rodriguez, killed 10 years ago, April 19, 1999, by the US Navy in Vieques, Puerto Rico. La lucha continua en Vieques. Fuera la marina, ayer, hoy y siempre!!!!
Rest in Peace to my cousin Melanie, who passed away on October 2nd, 2008 at the tender age of 26 from a rare illness called Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome. Unfortunately 1 in every 21 Puerto Ricans carries the gene for this illness and does not even know it. For more info on HPS please visit www.hermansky-pudlak.org. Melanie lived by Gandhi's quote: "Live like you will die tomorrow and learn like you will live forever". We should all do the same! Melanie will remain forever Sassy Bori in the sky! ..
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A short video of the historic funeral procession for Angel Rodriguez Cristobal, assassinated by the US government on November 11, 1979, for defending the territorial integrity of Vieques, Puerto Rico:
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Detail, Yasmin Hernandez' Soul Rebels Series, 2005
"Fight to Finish Like Fela" and "Lionized"
Mixed media on masonite
76" x 19" each
http://www.yasminhernandez.com/fela,
http://www.yasminhernandez.com/lionized
Music
old school hip hop, classic salsa, classic rock, hardcore, punk, reggae, ska, house, freestyle, flamenco, boogaloo, latin jazz, afrobeat, soul, funk, cha cha, bomba, plena, and others!
Fela Kuti, Bob Marley, Black Uhuru, Third World, Steel Pulse, Roy Brown, Lucecita Benitez, Andres Jimenez, Rakim, Tribe Called Quest, Afrika Bambaataa, Soul Sonic Force, Public Enemy, Brand Nubian, X-Vandals, Mos Def, Welfare Poets, The Last Poets, Gil Scott-Heron, Whodini, Robi Draco Rosa, el Trio Los Condes, Eddie Palmieri, Hector Lavoe, Ray Barreto, El Gran Combo, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepplin, Bad Brains, Fishbone, Ricanstruction, The Clash, Crass, Donna Summer, Sade, James Brown, The Isley Brothers, Toots & Maytals, The Specials, Judy Torres y mas.....
Movies
Fela Kuti-Music is the Weapon, La Operacion, Mi Puerto Rico, Machetero, Pink Floyd's: The Wall, Fania All Stars Live in Africa, Our Latin Thing, Dead Presidents, Natural Born Killers, Out of Sight, Jacob's Ladder, Purple Rain, Fame, Flashdance, 80 Blocks from Tiffany's, Bad Boys (old school Esai Morales, Yes!, Chicago flick not recent one, mostly cuz Esai is still one of the most beautiful Puerto Ricans alive), as a kid, loved the Goonies and the Lost Boys, still do. There's more but too many to think of...
Television
Good Times and I don't care what you say but the Cosby Show was brilliant. Martin. Today I watch Ghost Whisperer when I can, love them ghost stories. Love any show about good food too.
Books
http://www.september23.org/10726.html
Heroes
Pedro Albizu Campos, Lolita Lebron, Julia de Burgos, Frida Kahlo, Ramon Emeterio Betances, Che Guevara, Fela Kuti, the island of Vieques, my momma and my poppa.
The Vieques struggle continues!
LONG LIVE THE BLACK PRESIDENT- FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI!
Yasmin Hernandez Soul Rebels exhibit Reception/ Artist Talk, Sun, Nov1st, 3-5 PM, Princeton Day School, 650 The Great Road, Princeton New Jersey Posted at 3:29 PM Oct 30 view more
About me: Exhibition extended through the end of 2009 in Vieques, Puerto Rico:
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Brooklyn born, Puerto Rican painter and installation artist Yasmin Hernandez reveals and celebrates the (s)heroes of hidden histories. Her work is rooted in the legacies and struggles of marginalized communities. Daring to comment on topics that few others touch upon, she received an Artist/ Activist of the Year award in 2006 from the NYC-based organization Art for Change. She is also a recipient of the Ramón Feliciano Social Justice Prize from the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College and a Mujeres Destacadas/ Outstanding Latinas Award by New York-based Spanish-language newspaper, El Diario/ La Prensa (2004).
Yasmin’s latest project, Bieké: Tierra de Valientes explores the people’s struggle against 60+ years of US military maneuvers in the island municipality of Puerto Rico. The work will debut at Vieques’ Museo Fuerte Conde Mirasol in 2009, coinciding with the 10th year since the death of David Sanes, a civilian guard who was killed by a US Navy bomb that missed its target. It was this tragedy that led to the increased popular struggle that succeeded in ending the maneuvers in 2003. The project has received support from the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, and the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC). Other recent series include ARCHIVOS SUBVERSIVOS, exploring government surveillance on suspected “subversives” and the political repression targeting the Puerto Rican independence movement. The series is characterized by its use of alternative materials, using actual manila file folders to build mixed-media portraits of targeted individuals. Another popular series, Soul Rebels, features portraits of poets and musicians whose work challenge injustice. The series debuted as part of the 2005 installment of El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files as a site-specific installation created on 8 theater door panels in El Museo del Barrio's lobby. The highlight of the Soul Rebels unveiling reception was the surprise appearance of featured Soul Rebel, master Latin Jazz pianist/ composer and 9-time Grammy award winner, Mr. Eddie Palmieri. In 2006 Yasmin was invited to present a special second installment of Soul Rebels, when the (S) Files traveled to El Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. She was again invited to Puerto Rico to exhibit her work at La Casa Escuté in Carolina during the Second Annual Symposium on African Cultural and Spiritual Traditions in the summer of 2007.
Yasmin attended the LaGuardia High School of the Arts in Manhattan and earned a BFA in Painting from Cornell University. Her painting series, Realidades de Quisqueya, created with a grant from the Cornell Council for the Arts, has been on permanent exhibit at the Cornell Latino Studies Program Offices since 1997. She recently completed a mural celebrating revolutionary leaders of women and queer communities for the Edmonia Lewis Center for Women and Transgender People at Oberlin College in Ohio. Currently, the artist is working on another commission documenting 40 years of student activism for the Intercultural Resource Center at Columbia University. Selections of her work over the past decade will be exhibited at a solo show at Taller Puertorriqueño, Inc. in Philadelphia in the fall of 2008.
A firm believer that art is an empowering vehicle, Yasmin continues to develop community education initiatives on themes of art and liberation and works on a freelance basis to offer educational workshops and develop curricula for school and community groups at El Museo Del Barrio and the Studio Museum in Harlem. Her monthly presentation series, RebelArte: Visual Charlas, are held at the Cemí Underground Bookstore in El Barrio/ East Harlem. Yasmin’s works can be seen alongside personal testimonials and historical narratives on her website, www.yasminhernandez.com.
Who I'd like to meet: All of my warrior ancestors, face to face, spirit to spirit.
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Cinnamon: May 9, 1991-May 2, 2008--God was in the eyes of my 8 pound paraplegic Pekingese who was the Babaluaye to my Chango. May her fierce little spirit soar beautifully through the universe till I am able to hold her in my arms again.
Happy birthday Yasmin! I see it's been a wonderful year for you with the new addition to your fam. May you have many more wonderful years to come filled with good health, love, and happiness!
"It is better to die on your feet than to live a lifetime on your knees." -Emiliano Zapata Thank you for your friendship, and keep fighting the good fight. ¡Hasta la Victoria Siempre!
Hi Yasmin Hernandez! Please let your friends know about Steel Pulse's MySpace page, so that they can receive updates when Pulse will be performing in their area. There is also a new feature there where Pulse fans can receive Text Messages about local upcoming shows, so register your phone now!
Also, check out many cool new items that have been added to the STEEL PULSE STORE!
Thanks for all your support and love..."Life without music, I can't go!"
hola aqui dejandote mi primera huella cuando vuelvas a la isla me avisas vivo cerca d vieques.soy nuevo en myspace pero tu pagina esta brutal te me cuidas y gracias yasmin
