Look at this youtube video about the artist, Pepon Osorio. His work is about his experiences as a Puerto Rican man and the rituals of masculinty he grew up with. For example, when you see a wall of hub caps in the opening of the video, think of a them as signifiers of the masculine connotations of a muscle car. You have a look into his memories and what these experiences meant to him.

You can see the video in full screen format at this link: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UQtnhakIvw) It is a short video of only 12 minutes or so. Pepon Osorio’s art is a form known as installations

Give us a genuine response to what you see in the video. By “genuine” I mean tell us what you really think about the art work, instead of something that might please the readers or the instructor.

Some kickstarters for your writing might include:

** Do the installations that Osorio puts together remind you of familiar things?

** Does the work seem difficult to understand in anyway.

** Is there satire somewhere?

** Is this similar to something in your experience?