La Cocina de mi Mama is a projection mapped installation utilizing object as screen. The charged objects carry an energy that may only be felt by me. My ristra I acquired before I moved away from my homelands signify a connection and lineage of farming, trading, and cooking that runs back generations deep within my family heritage. New Mexico, my home, is considered the chile capitol of the world. I wanted to find a way to activate the ristra to give it new life and movement beyond its growth as a well sought-after plant in NM. A bouncy wave-like pattern was mapped and projected onto the chile ristra. As a farmer and artist, using this project to combine my worlds felt like a meaningful way to give insight into my two passions. Another component to the installation are the corn tortillas, which also act as small radial screens. It was wonderful to see how well the image showed up on the corn tortillas since they are light in value and color. I projected folklorico dancers, womxn making tortillas in Mexico, lowriders bouncing, and Azteca dancers respectively. The edited archival footage was chosen to represent what I grew up seeing as a child in NM. I wanted to make a connection between the feeling of being a child in my mother's kitchen and the associated cultural norms I experienced growing up. I made this connection while I was on Fall Break as I was building corn tortilla sculptures in la cocina de mi mama. While my mom was cooking tortillas and chile and I was working on my project, I saw all of the aforementioned activities- dancers, and lowriders on the local news. Sometimes making art in an old place can be an invitation in to a deeper part of your authentic identity. I haven't used art or charged objects to connect to my heritage and home until now. This project has inspired a new body of work I am eager to explore.