"Risk, anticipation, luck, walking on a tightrope, riddles and the fortuitous; these are the elements of life that are translated into the practice of games, in the act of rolling the dice and turning the wheel of fortune "- Anaida Hernández
Fragment of the essay catalogue exhibition Ida y Vuelta (2018) by Laura Bravo, curator
The risk and emotion of the game are star resources of this piece, where the public is invited to participate with the purpose of experiencing the sensation of venturing to reach an idealized life in a foreign space. The mythical dream of the protagonist country is recognizable through symbols such as the crown of the Statue of Liberty, the Capitol or the flag. Although the migration from Puerto Rico to the United States does not imply the crossing of a political border, the geographical transfer entails another type of difficulties.
Like a coin that is thrown into the air, this dream also has two faces, and to each glorified version of the emigrants' hopes, there is the hidden possibility of unpredictable misfortune that may befall them.