Tom qab mus xyuas cov tsev khaws puav pheej kos duab thoob plaws ntiaj teb, Ernesto "Neto" Atkinson pom tias lawv qhov chaw loj, qhov tsua thiab ntxhiab tsw ua rau nws nco txog nws lub sijhawm thaum nws tseem yog menyuam yaus ua haujlwm ua tus coj ncig xyuas hauv catacombs ntawm Antigua, Guatemala.
Yog thaum ntawd lub tswv yim los tsim Lub Tsev Khaws Puav Pheej Catacombs ntawm Neto Art.
"Kuv pom tias lub tsev khaws puav pheej yog lub ntxa rau kev kos duab," Atkinson hais. "Kev kos duab tuag lawm, tsis muaj leej twg pom nws."
Lub Tsev Khaws Puav Pheej Catacombs ntawm Neto tau qhib rau lub Kaum Hli Ntuj xyoo 2024 hauv qib qis dua ntawm Marshall Building, 207 E. Buffalo St.
Nov yog thawj lub tsev khaws puav pheej kos duab uas hais ob hom lus hauv Milwaukee, tsim los ua qhov chaw rau kev koom ua ke, kev sib tham thiab kev sib txuas lus, tab sis tsis yog kev ntsiag to.
"Txhua tus neeg tuaj yeem tuaj ntawm no. Kev kos duab yog ib hom lus uas hais lus rau peb txhua tus," Atkinson hais.
Atkinson loj hlob hauv Antigua, Guatemala, thiab poob nws txiv thaum nws muaj 7 xyoo.
"Kuv thawj zaug ntsib kev tuag yog kuv txiv tuag hauv kuv txhais tes," Atkinson hais.
Txhawm rau pab txhawb nqa nws tsev neeg tom qab lawv poob, Atkinson muag nws cov duab kos rau ntawm txoj kev thiab ua lwm yam haujlwm txawv txawv. Kev kos duab tau dhau los ua ib txoj hauv kev los daws nws qhov kev tu siab thiab dim ntawm kev txom nyem.
Atkinson pib nws txoj kev kawm txuj ci kos duab ntawm North Dakota State University thiab tau mus kawm tiav qib master hauv kev kho mob kos duab los ntawm School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Hauv Chicago, nws tau ntsib nws tus poj niam thiab tus khub ua lag luam, Jenny Urbanek, uas yog tus kws qhia yoga, tus kws kos duab thiab tus kws qhia kos duab.
Atkinson kuj muaj kev xyaum ua yeeb yam ntiag tug, Kev Kho Mob Sib Koom Ua Ke / Alivio Kev Sib Koom Ua KeNws hais tias lub tsev khaws puav pheej zoo li kev txuas ntxiv ntawm txoj haujlwm ntawd.
Atkinson hais tias nws coj cov neeg siv khoom mus rau hauv qhov chaw tsev khaws puav pheej kom pom kev kho mob ua haujlwm. Nyob ntawd nws tuaj yeem qhia lawv cov piv txwv ntawm nws ua haujlwm li cas los ntawm ib daim duab kos thiab txhawb kom lawv ua ib yam dab tsi zoo sib xws.
"Nws feem ntau coj cov neeg siv khoom tuaj rau ntawm no. Kuv tsis paub tias muaj pes tsawg lub lim tiam, tab sis nws yog ntau zaus heev," Urbanek hais.
Cov neeg mob Atkinson uas kho mob kos duab tsis yog tib cov neeg uas tuaj yeem tau txais cov txiaj ntsig kev noj qab haus huv ntawm lub hlwb thaum mus xyuas lub tsev khaws puav pheej.
Urbanek piav qhia tias pom cov neeg uas feem ntau tsis xis nyob nrog kev kos duab nrhiav tau lub ntsiab lus thiab kev ntseeg siab los ntawm kev tham nrog Atkinson.
"Feem ntau lawv yog cov txiv neej laus uas tawv ncauj me ntsis. Thaum kawg ntawm kev sib tham, lawv ob leeg quaj ua ke," Urbanek hais.
"Thiab lawv rov qab los," Atkinson ntxiv.
Atkinson lub zeem muag rau yav tom ntej ntawm Lub Tsev Khaws Puav Pheej Catacombs ntawm Neto yog tsom mus rau kev koom tes txuas ntxiv thiab kev ruaj khov mus sij hawm ntev. Cov phiaj xwm suav nrog cov chav kawm yoga qhia los ntawm Urbanek, Milwaukee Tsev khaws puav pheej hnub thiab Gallery Night MKE.
"Kuv lub zeem muag yog tias ob peb xyoos tom ntej no, (lub tsev khaws puav pheej) tsis yog kuv li lawm. Kuv xav muab qhov no rau lub zej zog," Atkinson hais. "Kuv xav kom qhov no yog rau lawv."
Jonathan Aguilar yog tus neeg sau xov xwm pom ntawm Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service uas tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm kev sib koom tes ntawm CatchLight Local thiab Tshaj rau Meskas.
Rov luam tawm peb cov ntawv dawb, hauv online lossis luam tawm, raws li daim ntawv tso cai Creative Commons.
