#MapsofDisplacement

Creator: Cassandra Mayela Allen

Title: #MapsofDisplacement

Publisher: Olympia Contemporary Art Gallery

Date: 2021

Language: English

Description: "Maps of Displacement is Cassandra Mayela's first solo exhibition in New York City. Mayela studies Venezuelan diasporas through the medium of textiles, specifically garments with significant past lives. Maps of Displacement is an ongoing participatory project - this weaving is the first of an ongoing sculptural study that focuses on the Venezuelan migration to regions around the world. The sculpture is comprised of New York-based Venezuelan immigrants' clothing that Cassandra Mayela collected, starting April 2021. The clothing is cut and then woven into a tapestry to illustrate how fragments ultimately comprise a whole. Through tactile memory and collective nostalgia, Cassandra poses a poignant question — how is identity shaped by the things we carry and physical places we occupy? Maps of Displacement uses non-verbal storytelling to explore identity through fabric and touch. Following this exhibition, Cassandra plans to continue the project in other areas that have been significant to the Venezuelan exodus." (Source)

Subject: Venezuelans--New York (State)--New York; Textile art; Installation art; Collective memory; Participatory art

Type: Sculpture

Format: Textile art

Rights: External resource

Documented by: Gabriella Wright & Archivo Venezuela

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Tags: displacement, identity, Migration, Participatory art, Resilience, Storytelling, Tapestry, Textile Art, Venezuela

Citation: Cassandra Mayela Allen, #MapsofDisplacement, Olympia Contemporary Art Gallery, 2021, accessed September 22, 2026, https://archivovenezuela.com/en/items/show/1124

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