William Cordova examines the visual aspects of transition and displacement, studying the evolution and adaptation of objects and perception across time and space.

Constructing artworks composed of reclaimed elements, paint, gold leaf, and collage, cordova presents encoded representations of social systems and the material histories of objects and images. His work re-contextualizes the concept of multiculturalism and embraces its layered complexity, inspired by his own multicultural identity stemming from Peruvian Andean and African ancestral roots. This exhibition includes large-scale multimedia collages, as well as a site-specific architectural installation.

12 apostles, 2022-2023, is a suite of 12 collages, each 5-by-9-feet, installed from floor to ceiling in a fractal-stepped formation based on a scaffold weaving technique, or ticlla, meaning “mountain,” that originated in the Andean region of South America. A continuous field of gold leaf, each collage features a different model of boombox from the 1970s and 1980s. The title references the Greek word apostolos, which means “messenger.”

Source: https://artscenter.vt.edu/exhibitions/william-cordova.html