The Million Bag Project

Creator: Francisca Sosa López

Title: The Million Bag Project

Publisher: Francisca Sosa López

Date: 2020-06-01

Language: English

Description: 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; Venezuelan artist Francisca Sosa López draws a minimum of 250 bags daily. The repeating activity serves as meditation while paying tribute to every displaced person equally and trying to understand the magnitude of the migration crisis.

Subject: Venezuelan refugee crisis; Migration in art; Refugees in art; Serial works (Art)

Type: Drawing series; ongoing project

Format: Drawing on paper

Rights: External resource

Documented by: Gabriella Wright & Archivo Venezuela

Relation:

Interview with Francisca Sosa López

Podcast

Instagram

Identifier: VDA-VA-006

Collection: Visual Arts

Tags: community, displacement, meditation, memories, ongoing, reflection, repetition, Venezuelan migration

Citation: Francisca Sosa López, The Million Bag Project, Francisca Sosa López, 2020, accessed September 22, 2026, https://archivovenezuela.com/en/items/show/1127