]]>Mental Blanks]]>Video installations; Memory in art; Immigrant experiences; Multi-channel video]]>Mental Blanks reflects experiences shared by countless immigrants through a multi-channel video installation. Each screen shows nearly static photographs intervened by the artist. Memory as a dynamic; reconstructive process explores the ephemeral nature of remembrances rooted in homeland; alongside desires to recreate them elsewhere using available resources. Pérez La Cruz gathers and manipulates vintage photographs as vestiges of life left behind.]]>Review (The Latinx Project, NYU)
]]>The Paths of Objects]]>Documentary photography; Migration routes; Venezuelan diaspora; Ethnographic photography]]>The Paths of Objects presents a visual archive documenting forced displacements and migration dynamics traversed on foot. Beyond widespread diaspora notions; this project captures local phenomena through first-person experience. It reveals the emotional side of migration—family; solidarity; and collective journey into uncertainty. The series exposes endless journeys of migrant communities and personal belongings abandoned along paths and trails.]]>Review
]]>Rites, Seeds, and Refuge]]>Environmental art; Plant ecology in art; Venezuelan diaspora; Cultural heritage]]>Rites, Seeds, and Refuge channels narratives of migration through vegetal metaphors. Lucía Pizzani crafts clay totems pressed with textures of corn; eucalyptus; and plants integral to her Venezuelan heritage. These sculptures stand as guardians of cross-continental memory; intertwining her journey from Caracas to London with plants as carriers of home; survival; and metamorphosis. The installation includes collages on amate paper nestled among live vegetation.]]>Project overview
]]>The Jungle of Darién]]>Migration in art; Darién Gap; Venezuelan diaspora; Journey narratives]]>The Jungle of Darién visually chronicles Juan Carlos Silva's harrowing passage through the Darién Gap; a treacherous stretch between Colombia and Panama. Painted in acrylic hues of lush green and earth tones; the work depicts migrants traversing a winding river beneath towering mountains and jungle canopy. Born from Silva's personal experience surviving his own migration from Venezuela; the piece embodies resilience; solidarity; and endurance of displaced people.]]>Review
]]>How to Measure Time]]>Time in art; Korean diaspora; Photography Artistic; Venezuelan diaspora]]>How to Measure Time is a reflective exploration of existence and temporality by Korean-Venezuelan artist Suwon Lee. Through photography and mixed media; the series delves into cyclical patterns of life; from celestial rhythms to human experiences of conception; birth; death; and rebirth. It examines how perception of time fluctuates; shaped by memories; emotions; and life events; illustrating how time transcends measurement and connects to personal narratives.]]>Biography
]]>Fragile Intangibilities]]>Textile art; Migration in art; Immigrant experiences; Interview-based art]]>Fragile Intangibilities comprises 11 hand-sewn silk organza camping tents; each suffused with ink drawings inspired by Arthur's interviews with fellow immigrants. The work reaffirms diaspora as a living condition of resilience; family reunification; and sacrifices made aspiring for viable futures. The tents propose migration as a process allowing hybrid identity; not defined by single location or monolithic group.]]>News report
]]>NatuUrban - A subnatural symphony of Miami]]>Sound art; Environmental art; Venezuelan diaspora; Installation art]]>NatuUrban Symphony is an immersive sound art experience by Venezuelan-American artist Muu Blanco. Visitors step into a world where urban and natural landscapes merge through sound; exploring migration and identity. The exhibition space becomes a jungle encapsulated in a dimly lit white cube; with large ornamental plants containing micro speakers among stems and leaves.]]>Review
]]>Venezuela country of absences]]>GIF art; Social media art; Economic conditions in art; Venezuelan crisis]]>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 to poetry; as a revolutionary visual tool for liberation through images of decomposition. These 6-8 second snippets portray Venezuela's many absences—lack of electricity; water; medications; food; and freedom through simple gestures.]]>Curatorial Statement
]]>Wake]]>Performance art; Poetry readings; Family separation; Venezuelan diaspora]]>Wake is a bilingual poem reading performance by Sebastián Rodríguez y Vasti. The title serves as a metaphor for mourning; memorializing; and water—physical waterways; emotional drowning; and tears. Sebastián reflects on growing up near the water and his recent separation from family scattered across the world; questioning when they will see each other again.]]>Review
]]>Alternate Reality (Santa Paula, El Cafetal, Caurimare, Caracas)]]>Digital art; Memory in art; Venezuelan diaspora; Virtual environments]]>Alternate Reality (Santa Paula, El Cafetal, Caurimare, Caracas) is a video collage by Camila Salcedo utilizing 3D drawings; Google satellite photos; Google user 360° images; and YouTube videos to recreate the neighborhoods she grew up in around Caracas. The work examines the Venezuelan government's banning of Google Streetview; creating a digital gap and challenging her ability to travel back since she has never returned home.]]>Review
]]>Fabricated Realities]]>Venezuela; Emigration and immigration; Art; Storytelling]]>Fabricated Realities by Alejandro Rizzo is a series of staged photographs about the current socio-political and economic issues within the context of Venezuela. In this particular exhibition, two photographs from the series are displayed. One aims to directly reflect on the general perception the Venezuelan population holds in regards to the military's authority. While the other aims to depict the hardships of daily life in Caracas, including people doing long line-ups to buy groceries, and pushing cars manually because of lack of gas. Using the language of documentary-style photography, he creates digital photo-collages that mix personal memory with larger issues." (Source)]]>Review
]]>to the strangers i love deeply]]>Textile art; Love in art; Photographs in art; Weaving]]>to the strangers i love deeply is a textile installation exploring the artist's relationship to family; community and love through textiles as love gestures. The work includes delicate woven textiles with digitally printed family photographs of grandparents who still reside in Venezuela; creating warmth and familiarity while preventing precious moments from disappearing.]]>Review
]]>A Suspended Space]]>Virtual reality art; Memory in art; Family in art; Digital art]]>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 both the Venezuelan-Caribbean coastline and the inaccessibility of this space; only reachable through memories and images. It includes family photographs; home movies; and modeled furniture from the artist's personal archive.]]>Curatorial Statement
]]>Arepa Viuda]]>Food in art; Venezuelan diaspora; Undocumented immigrants; Cultural heritage]]>Arepa Viuda is a photographic series documenting undocumented Venezuelans making arepas in European food markets; beginning in Helsinki; Finland. This sculptural work of mixing; kneading and shaping dough reveals the history of an emigrated people; rooted in culinary traditions dating back to Caribbean natives. The folkloric process portrays both a humanitarian crisis and a symbol of resilience.]]>Interview with José García Oliva