Template:Did you know nominations/Betsabeé Romero


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:17, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Betsabeé Romero

 * ... that the Day of the Dead was commemorated by Betsabeé Romero in Mexico City in 2016 with an installation of 103 trajineras (pictured) decorated as memorial offerings? Source (roughly translated, source dates to October 29, 2016): "The monumental offering in the Zócalo of Mexico City was inaugurated ... in the company of the artist Betsabé Romero, author of the offering... 103 trajineras that were located in the Zócalo... Each trajinera has the name of a person who died during the year or exposes social causes or problems that are experienced in Mexico City."
 * ALT1:... that Mexican artist Betsabeé Romero chooses to sculpt and paint old tires in part because natural rubber is a material that originated in South America? Source (discussion of her use of rubber): "I do my work by recycling used tires – one of the worst waste products of the automobile industry — trying to re-signify the material itself as a process of decolonization (as the history of rubber represents one of the worst examples of colonialist exploitation) and remembering rubber’s Mesoamerican origins as well."  Discussion of rubber as a material is a later paragraph in the Wikipedia article, see  Source: "Natural rubber comes from a tree called Hevea brasiliensis, which is 'tapped' by a harmless process of scarification - when the bark is deliberately cut to release a milky, latex sap. The rubber tree is indigenous to Brazil"
 * Reviewed: When Megan Went Away
 * Comment: Special occasion: For NOVEMBER 1 or 2, Day of the Dead, if it can be reviewed quickly. If the image will work at a small size, it would go well with ALT. Warning: Earwig gives some high similarity numbers due to use of titles of artworks and institutions, and quotations.

Created by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk). Self-nominated at 19:28, 29 October 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Date and length fine. AGF on foreign language source. QPQ done, no close paraphrasing aside of quotations and art titles. Good to go.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 23:24, 31 October 2018 (UTC)