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La ciencia de las despedidas
Several had their hands tied. All showed signs of severe trauma—evidence of blunt force injuries, such as those caused by mallets, and wounds made by piercing weapons. Experts believe the 27 individuals were restrained, systematically executed, and…
Belén
"Belen, The echoes of a woman dedicated to the music of her people.
How to film the absence of a character that during her life filled with music all the spaces she visited? This seems to have been the dilemma of director Adriana Vila before filming…
How to film the absence of a character that during her life filled with music all the spaces she visited? This seems to have been the dilemma of director Adriana Vila before filming…
El fin de la tristeza
The further you are from the news, the closer you are to happiness. That’s how Gabriel Medina thinks and lives. Until the day, unexpectedly, the police arrest his psychiatrist. From that moment on, a different order seems to take hold of his life,…
La correspondance des autres
Aranguren is married. His wife is an administrator and serves as deputy director at an insurance brokerage firm. They have a four-year-old daughter, Ximena, whom Aranguren takes to preschool every morning before beginning his daily rounds of the…
Rating
How far is television willing to go in its desperate pursuit of ratings? This question seems to permeate every page of this novel. Rating explores the moral boundaries of the harsh world of reality television while delving deep into the inner…
Desde la salvajada
The death of the mother marks the beginning of this collection of stories, all narrated through a veil of confusion. What must one do to emerge in a foreign land? There is no single answer, and each character in From Savagery seeks their own formula,…
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 ill on the journey,' he explains. 'The skull represents death, the colors reflect cultural…
Tags: Art, Darien Gap, displacement, Drawing, Migration, Resilience, Storytelling, Tragedy, Venezuela
Wild West
In Wild West, the author explores the unprotected civic space and the abandonment brought about by a State that, perilously, has withdrawn from the city. From this perspective, the work reflects on the destruction caused by the collapse of social…
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 Venezuela. In this particular exhibition, two photographs from the series are displayed. One aims…
My Aunt Gilma
Isabel, 13, takes care of her aunt Gilma, who was admitted to a hospital in Caracas after being beaten by her partner. In the midst of the chaos that surrounds them, Isabel will do anything to save her aunt and keep a promise. (IMDb)
Argonautas de la octava isla
Actresses: Cristina Martínez and Carolina BelandiaPerformed at: La Escalera de Jacob, Madrid, 2018
*"This is a short-format theatrical proposal born from the intention of bringing to light the issues swept under the rug—cases of human rights…
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 both the Venezuelan-Caribbean coastline and the inaccessibility of this space; only reachable…
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela
"On Lake Maracaibo, beneath the mysterious silent Catatumbo lightning, the village of Congo Mirador is preparing for parliamentary elections. For streetwise local businesswoman and Chavist party representative Tamara every vote counts, fought by all…
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 to poetry; as a revolutionary visual tool for liberation through images of decomposition. These 6-8…
Feroces: compilación de autoras jóvenes venezolanas
Anthology of Short Stories Edited by Jacobo Villalobos.
FEROCES brings together furtive encounters with mythological creatures, twins violently attempting to merge back into one, a home that consumes the souls of its tenants, trapping them forever,…
Florecer lejos de casa
"It is impossible to understand Venezuela without considering the massive migration of European and Latin American citizens who arrived on its shores between the 19th and 20th centuries. Now, it is equally impossible to understand the country without…
Tags: 21st Century, diaspora, emigration, essay, exodus, Migration, refugees, testimony, Venezuela
Venezuela: Crónicas de Ángel Sastre
"Jon Sedano (1984) is a journalist, director of the portal La Casa de EL, and a comic book scriptwriter. Closely connected to the world of comics both as a passion—having founded the specialized website in 2011—and professionally as a member of…
Rasgos comunes: antología de la poesía venezolana del siglo XX
If there is a dominant literary genre in Venezuela, it is undoubtedly poetry. A reading of the twentieth century reveals an admirable thirst for modernity and cosmopolitanism. One of the main reasons for presenting the expansive vision offered by…
G.O.A.T
A bold declaration of power and legacy in Venezuelan rap; asserting influence through aggressive lyricism and cultural references.