Camila Salcedo  

"to be (ser/estar)," is a commissioned multiple for Forest City Gallery in London, ON. The multiple is a series of multi-coloured bandanas with the screen-printed words "what you see is not me" and "lo que ves no lo es". The artist aims to explore the different meanings bandanas have throughout the world based on context and colour, while at the same time subverting ideas around assumptions based on visual signifiers and ideologies. The title "to be (ser/estar)," alludes to how things can be lost in translation, as the verb "to be" in spanish has two nuanced translations: ser (meaning identity conditions that are permanent) and estar (meaning identity conditions that are temporary).