Risseth Yangüez Singh intertwines personal and collective memory, reclaiming discourses, images, narratives imposed by systemic structures, her work takes the form of spells, rituals of transformation, centering her body and identity as a Black woman, she explores ancestral memory, confronts the present, channels emotions like love and anger, creating powerful expressions, hair is her recurring medium, a symbol and a tool, through which she builds pieces that provoke dialogue, invite connection, spark reflection, it began with hair as a way to examine race-related interactions in Panama, and grew into a deeper inquiry on identity in colonized societies, her practice untangles, heals, redefines, like parting hair to carve out space for truth, clarity, self-discovery, remembrance, freedom.
