visual art photographs length: 32 images Erica "ERN" Rivera (she/they) Apr 23, 2023 — 9 min read zoomed-in photo of a blue second-story window, stacks of books piled on the sill, taken through a lattice of branches and leaves. taken near the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023, on a bright, sunny day.night shot of some street in robledo off of Highland Street, the street sign on the left edge of the frame. flash illuminates the asphalt in the foreground which darkens and yellows into the distance under scattered streetlights and silhouettes of palm trees. taken near the robledo art, strike headquarters, february 2023.photo, top-down, of a wooden plank on which sits something sculpted, yellow and cross-hatched and curved, a green tear-shaped jewel encrusted at right, above a cutout reading, "(6) IDENTITY LABELS In war you should carry about with you your name and address clearly written. This should be on an envelope, card or luggage label, not on some odd piece of paper easily lost. In the case of children a label should be fastened, e.g. sewn, on to their clothes, in such a way that it will not readily become detached." under the plank an assortment of zines and books. taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters in february 2023.photo of a wooden plank, curved at left, black disc off of the right. on the plank, yellow rectangle post-its reading (from top to bottom), "check all emails", "TRIPLE CHECK NAMES!", "MOM CLASS", "CAR BY 11", "invoice for alks". taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.close-up photo of the middle of the spines of six books, the second reads "Was Your Plag", the fourth reads "the new trans erotic EDITED BY T", the fifth "oria Law and China Martens". taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.close-up photo of pill bottles, a small bottle that reads "RESTORE CANNABIS WHOLE FLOW DOCTOR FORMULA 3:1 CBD-RICH Net Wt. 30 mL / 1.0 fl oz", and in the background, a box that reads "Albuterol Sulfate HFA". taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.photo of a black Rhodia notebook next to a stack of books, spines partially visible, the top one reading "AN ABOLITIONIST'S", the second "Reinfurt A *New* Program", the third "WARRIOR PRINCESSES STRIKE BACK". AirPods Pro in the background beside a bag of binder clips. taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.close-up photo of an open black glasses case with red Ray-Ban eyeglasses sitting inside, next to a bunch of crumpled Post-Its with writing on them, a few words legible: "to those in... out fold", "Stripe", "1. edit all in". taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.photo of a bunch of pens, mechanical pencils, and a pink highlighter on a red tableclothed desk, across from a black desk atop which sits a box of #10 security envelopes. taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.close-up photo of a yellow-orange surface, atop which sits a stack of ReadyPost 99-cent shipping labels and a baby blue sheet that reads "45TH IN A SERIES". taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.close-up photo of stacks of paper wrapped in covering that reads, from top to bottom: "Premium Plus Photo Paper", "PHOTO PAPER", "cop", "& print". taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.close-up photo of the spines of ten books, most words on them visible, from top to bottom: "MOORCOCK THE END OF ALL SON", "SIMPSON AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE", "Now The Invisible Committee", "To Our Friends The Invisible Committee", "WILLIAMS BIZUP Style Lessons in Clarity and Grace Eleventh Editi", "AN ALIEN HEAT Moorcock", "HE HOLLOWS LANDS MOORCOCK", "italo calvino If on a winter's night a traveler", "The Modern Arabic Short Story Mohammad Shaheen Second Edition", "The Norton Anthology of LITERATURE BY WOMEN ECOND EDITION andra M. Gilbert Susan Gubar". taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.photo of a wall, sun flare at the top-right corner above a book with the spine reading "OSAMU", a LED string light handing down the middle of the frame, plastic red flowers on brown branches at bottom-right, one of them reaching across the frame and leaning against a pink book that reads, on the back, at the top, "A Naked Singularity tells the story of Casi...". taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.close-up photo of two black-and-white zines, one cover an illustration of two people sitting on a dock talking and smiling, one with a cap, the other with glasses and a flannel, the part of the title in frame reading, "LEA GOOD CO", the other zine's cover three repeating frames of an illustrated bearded figure wearing suspenders and a bowtie falling after being hit with a starburst beside, the second and third starbursts with words inside: "FUCK ABUSE", "KILL POWER". taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.close-up photo of a stack of four books and a zine on a red tableclothed desk, the bottom one aquamarine with the spine reading "ARCHAIA", the next one mint green, the next purple with a black dust jacket, on the spine a yellow canary, the letters "ALINE" visible, the top book with only a white-outlined sun visible, on top of that a red zine, and on top of that a stack of papers with the words "Erica Rivera 3:17 PM" at bottom-right on the top sheet. leaning against the stack is an assortment of papers. taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.photo of a white wall on which are taped two glossy sheets, one with a two-panel comic, the first panel a POV shot of a dark-skinned woman's feet in shallow water, text at bottom reads, "WE OPEN DOORS", the second panel the same woman standing at the shore of an ocean framed by cliffs with houses on them and a blue-orange sky with giant clouds, an old sailing ship in the background, text at top reading "WE REMEMBER WHAT WE LOVED." underneath, a small black-and-white illustration, black background, a light-skinned woman with white hair holding a baseball bat with nails in it, sitting on a bike with a flag on back that says "SILVER SPROCKET". taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.photo of two large canvases, the top corners visible, the left canvas with dark green and brown streaks, and the letters "e sun" in yellow and "N" and "TAN" in red, the right canvas with the letters "CAPI", "NATI", and "STA" in yellow letters with green outlines, the same letters in red behind, offset. hanging over the canvases is a blue string attached to a silver celebratory balloon. taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.close-up photo of a stack of canvases, one with a cut-out with the words "BEST OF DESIGN" taped to it, lifting off the canvas, a ringed notebook with an obscured painting and stack of paper on top. taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.close-up photo of two shoes, one white with pink lettering, "asics", the other pink with the letter "N" in black and yellow. taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.photo of an empty printer box, Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4833, with empty bags and boxes stacked on top, beside a black folding chair with a white cushion, next to a brown plastic trash can with a latticed top. a black jacket with differently colored bananas on a chair in the foreground above something white and fluffy. taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.top-down close-up photo of a white fan, a black bag in the far background with notebook paper in it. taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.top-down photo of a black surface chipped in several places to reveal a brown material, a few drops of liquid scattered across the center, various stickers affixed to it. visible letters: at top-left, "OMOSEXUAL DENCIES", at top-right, a sunburst with the center cut out, a red rectangle reading "HELPFIGHTHIV", a white rectangle with the letters "TR Z R" beneath a shield shape. bottom-right, a pale yellow business card for DON'T FRET, an instrument shop; bottom-left a stack of papers, only the words "English" and "Update" readable. taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.photo of a bookshelf with a dark brown bluetooth-enabled record player sitting on top of a book, the spine facing away from the camera, copper-colored deflated balloon letters on top. on the bookshelf hangs a pink paper orb; on a lower shelf, a bag of records, the first two Kid A by Radiohead and an album by Lupita D'Alessio. taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.a close-up photo of the tops of spines of a row of books, against a white wall. the readable words on the spines include "Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination", "Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals and Reagan's Rise to Power", "Hernandez, Goodwin, & Garcia Speculative Fiction Dreamers A Latinx", "Psychopathia Sexualis", "Ruling the Root", "Roberto Bolaño 266" "The Better of McSweeney's Vol. Two", "The Better of McSweeney's", "Vortex William Cardini" and "Roth". taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.photo of a pink and green plant in a white plastic pot, beside a stack of books and in front of a painting of a turtle, the thick frame made of dark green metal, all in front of a window with one of its handles wrapped in blue tape. a large book leans against the painting, the cover an isometric illustration of a brown-bricked building, only the word "WITH" in pale red 3-D lettering readable. taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.photo of a light brown skinned hand with its thumb's nail painted mint green holding a foamy drink the same color, almost finished, above a red tableclothed desk atop which sits a dark gray ergonomic keyboard with a wrist rest, and a bottle of burgundy-colored juice with an orange sticker that reads "LIVE RIPE JUICE CO" beneath a logo of a watermelon. taken at the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.photo of a long paved car-sized path for a row of modest gray houses with dark green roofs, a usa flag hanging at the far house, its garage marking the end of the path. path cracked in the foreground. above stream power lines, casting stark shadows across a worn brick wall separating the homes from two larger light brown houses. taken near the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023.photo of an old white one-story building in front of a pale gray road, a tree looming overhead, entangled with power lines, and a smaller tree leaning at a 45-degree angle over a white metal door. taken near the robledo art, strike! headquarters, february 2023, on a somewhat sunny day as dusk approaches.