{"id":1126,"date":"2021-03-19T04:17:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T10:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2021-03-19T04:31:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T10:31:03","slug":"the-aware-the-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?p=1126","title":{"rendered":"The Aware &#038; The Observer by Aydrian Alegria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Aydrian Alegria is a queer, latinx mixed-media artist working in digital collage, painting, printmaking and fibre arts. Aydrian\u2019s vibrant, experimental work is often autobiographical or informed by their family as displaced Salvadorians. Concepts of disability and intersectional feminism form both theme and process in their work. Aydrian currently resides in Meadowgreen, Saskatoon with their partner, three strong generations of women in their family, two senior dogs and a foster kitten. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Aware-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Aware-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Aware-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Aware-768x1029.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Aware-1146x1536.jpg 1146w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Aware-690x925.jpg 690w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Aware-1317x1765.jpg 1317w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Aware-800x1072.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Aware-1400x1877.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Aware.jpg 1504w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><figcaption><em>The Aware<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Observer-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Observer-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Observer-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Observer-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Observer-690x920.jpg 690w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Observer-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Observer.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption><em>The Observer<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em><strong><em><strong>You can follow Aydrian on Instagram <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/__aydreams?igshid=cujy8vuoe5kt\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/__aydreams?igshid=cujy8vuoe5kt\" target=\"_blank\">@__aydreams<\/a>, and as part of the executive team at USask\u2019s Visual Arts Students\u2019 Union <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/usaskvasu?igshid=v8w7e92pj4eh\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/usaskvasu?igshid=v8w7e92pj4eh\" target=\"_blank\">@usaskvasu<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em>This piece is part of the <\/em>in medias res<em> Jan. 2021 \u201cReflection\u201d Issue. You can read the full issue under the tag \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?tag=jan-2021\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?tag=jan-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jan. 2021<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aydrian\u2019s vibrant, experimental work is often autobiographical or informed by their family as displaced Salvadorians. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[143,146,126,148,145,147],"class_list":["post-1126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visual-art","tag-aydrian-alegria","tag-black-and-white","tag-jan-2021","tag-mirror","tag-photography","tag-reflection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1126"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1383,"href":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions\/1383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}