Faculty of Art

Printmaking & Publications

Juanita Alba

IV. Rupture

"Rupture" traces rupture through sin, where the pull toward freedom is shadowed by the persistence of guilt.This print is part of "Acedia", a series that explores the experience of losing faith and how it continues to shape memory and identity. Across six large-scale linocuts, the work takes shape as a fragmented self-portrait.

“Grant me chastity and continence, but not yet.Desire persists where devotion collapses.The body moves toward what faith forbids.The bird is free I remain bound.Pleasure does not liberate.Rebellion does not resolve.There is no innocence left to protect.Nothing changedbut Everything is now exposed.Melancolía.I do not believe.I do not escape.No way out.No way back.”