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<strong><em>Desafiando al Coloso: Tres Actos</em></strong>

Desafiando al Coloso: Tres Actos

Performance and installation by Venezuelan multidisciplinary artist Deborah Castillo (Caracas, 1971), presented at the Museo Universitario del Chopo…
<em><strong>Traces of Erosion in Koekenstad </strong></em><strong>(Las huellas de la erosión en Koekenstad)</strong>

Traces of Erosion in Koekenstad (Las huellas de la erosión en Koekenstad)

Sabrina Montiel-Soto’s Traces of Erosion in Koekenstad is a multidisciplinary installation that interweaves found objects, collage, sculpture,…
<em><strong>Mental Blanks</strong></em>

Mental Blanks

Mental Blanks reflects experiences shared by countless immigrants through a multi-channel video installation. Each screen shows nearly static…
<em><strong>The Paths of Objects</strong></em>

The Paths of Objects

The Paths of Objects presents a visual archive documenting forced displacements and migration dynamics traversed on foot. Beyond widespread diaspora…
<em><strong>Rites, Seeds, and Refuge</strong></em>

Rites, Seeds, and Refuge

Rites, Seeds, and Refuge channels narratives of migration through vegetal metaphors. Lucía Pizzani crafts clay totems pressed with textures of corn;…
<em><strong>The Jungle of Darién</strong></em>

The Jungle of Darién

The Jungle of Darién visually chronicles Juan Carlos Silva's harrowing passage through the Darién Gap; a treacherous stretch between Colombia and…
<em><strong>How to Measure Time</strong></em>

How to Measure Time

How to Measure Time is a reflective exploration of existence and temporality by Korean-Venezuelan artist Suwon Lee. Through photography and mixed…
<em><strong>Fragile Intangibilities</strong></em>

Fragile Intangibilities

Fragile Intangibilities comprises 11 hand-sewn silk organza camping tents; each suffused with ink drawings inspired by Arthur's interviews with fellow…
<em><strong>NatuUrban - A subnatural symphony of Miami</strong></em>

NatuUrban - A subnatural symphony of Miami

NatuUrban Symphony is an immersive sound art experience by Venezuelan-American artist Muu Blanco. Visitors step into a world where urban and natural…
<em><strong>Venezuela country of absences</strong></em>

Venezuela country of absences

Venezuela country of absences is a series of GIFs created by Andrea Dudier for Instagram as an act of catharsis. She uses the GIF format analogously…
<em><strong>Wake</strong></em>

Wake

Wake is a bilingual poem reading performance by Sebastián Rodríguez y Vasti. The title serves as a metaphor for mourning; memorializing; and…
<em><strong>Alternate Reality (Santa Paula, El Cafetal, Caurimare, Caracas)</strong></em>

Alternate Reality (Santa Paula, El Cafetal, Caurimare, Caracas)

Alternate Reality (Santa Paula, El Cafetal, Caurimare, Caracas) is a video collage by Camila Salcedo utilizing 3D drawings; Google satellite photos;…
<em><strong>Fabricated Realities</strong></em>

Fabricated Realities

"Fabricated Realities by Alejandro Rizzo is a series of staged photographs about the current socio-political and economic issues within the context of…
<em><strong>to the strangers i love deeply</strong></em>

to the strangers i love deeply

to the strangers i love deeply is a textile installation exploring the artist's relationship to family; community and love through textiles as love…
<em><strong>A Suspended Space</strong></em>

A Suspended Space

A Suspended Space is a VR environment recreating the artist's grandmother's bedroom in Caracas. The room floats like an island on water; representing…
<em><strong>Arepa Viuda</strong></em>

Arepa Viuda

Arepa Viuda is a photographic series documenting undocumented Venezuelans making arepas in European food markets; beginning in Helsinki; Finland. This…
<em><strong>The Million Bag Project</strong></em>

The Million Bag Project

The Million(s) Bag Project is a lifelong project of drawing one bag per Venezuelan migrant; totaling 7.1 million bags. Starting in mid-2020;…
<em><strong>Shared Stories</strong></em>

Shared Stories

Shared Stories is an installation by Romulo Martínez that reveals his profound engagement with cultural identity; social issues; migration; and shared…
<em><strong>Migrants... on the Way to El Dorado</strong></em>

Migrants... on the Way to El Dorado

"In 'Migrants... on the Way to El Dorado,' Gustavo Zajac presents a series of works taken from the previous exhibition, as traveling or 'migrant'…
<em><strong>#MapsofDisplacement</strong></em>

#MapsofDisplacement

"Maps of Displacement is Cassandra Mayela's first solo exhibition in New York City. Mayela studies Venezuelan diasporas through the medium of…
<em><strong>Venezuela, more faith than fear</strong></em>

Venezuela, more faith than fear

The digital illustration, Venezuela, more faith than fear, layers written text and a drawn Venezuelan flag over a stylized background that includes a…
<em><strong>Crossing the Darien Gap</strong></em>

Crossing the Darien Gap

"Crossing the Darien Gap (2023) delves into the migrant crisis, where seemingly playful, colorful figures mask a deeper tragedy. 'Many perish or fall…
<em><strong>Asignaciones para maternar</strong></em>

Asignaciones para maternar

Mejías constructs narratives in which the silence of the domestic body—engaged in the repetitive performance of everyday tasks—comes into dialogue.…
<em><strong>La Migrante</strong></em>

La Migrante

La migrante is an artistic activism project centered on the development of the migrant creator’s subjectivity. Through photographs and texts, she…
<em><strong>Universo 11</strong></em> (2023) and <em><strong>¿Cuánto cuesta el cielo?</strong></em> (2023)

Universo 11 (2023) and ¿Cuánto cuesta el cielo? (2023)

Through the exhibitions Universo 11 (2023) and ¿Cuánto cuesta el cielo? (2023), Pirela explores the notion of home—initially rooted in origin and…
<em><strong>Caribeños</strong></em>

Caribeños

Caribeños offers an intimate perspective on the migration of Caribbean peoples to other parts of the Americas. Its first episode focuses on Chile,…