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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; Venezuelan artist Francisca Sosa López draws a minimum of 250 bags daily. The repeating activity serves as…
Shared Stories
Shared Stories is an installation by Romulo Martínez that reveals his profound engagement with cultural identity; social issues; migration; and shared human experiences. In this exhibition; Martínez draws upon his journey as an immigrant and taps…
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' prints, printed using contemporary media. Half of them are worked with gold leaf and the other half are…
#MapsofDisplacement
"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…
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 digital cut-out of a photographed person on a horse in rich red, yellow and blue tones. It conveys…
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…
MPeach
Brooklyn-based Venezuelan artist specializing in electronic music production, DJ performance, and audiovisual art. Portfolio showcases work blending traditional Venezuelan folk rhythms with contemporary electronic textures. Includes music releases on…
Tambor y Caña
Brooklyn-based musical collective specializing in traditional Afro-Venezuelan drums and percussion. Led by Willie Quintana, the group performs across New York City promoting Venezuelan cultural heritage through authentic tambor traditions. Features…
MPeach and Tambor NYC
MPeach, Tambor NYC, and Willie Quintana singing on the stage of Friends and Lovers.
A Disco Ball Between Us, an Ode to Jafari S. Allen
Willie Quintana singing with a disco ball hovering over him, and MPeach singing in the background during the Carnival de El Callao celebrations on March 8, 2024 at Friends and Lovers in Brooklyn, NY.
Tonto Malembe
Visual journalist and photographer Mariana Vincenti sings "Tonto Malembe" while tambores and percussion play in the background. MPeach, Tambor Ellas, Tambor NYC, and Willie Quintana accompany Vincenti as she sings during the festivities for…
Estaba llorando la Boa
MPeach, Tambor Ellas, Tambor NYC, and Willie Quintana sing "Estaba llorando la Boa" while playing tambores and celebrating Venezuela’s Carnival de El Callao at Friends and Lovers in Brookyln, NY on March 8, 2024.
Carnival de El Callao at Friends and Lovers
Musical performance by MPeach, Tambor Ellas, and Willie Quintana while honoring the Carnival de El Callao festivities at Friends and Lovers in Brookyln, NY on March 8, 2024.
Diario inútil
This book doesn’t set out to confirm anything the reader hasn’t already suspected—but it does so from an unexpected angle. What is a diary when it exceeds its own form? And what is a novel when it resists being one? It is not an intimate diary,…
Un animal impronunciable
An Unpronounceable Animal explores the feminine in its most savage and primitive form. Through its stories, it invites us to get lost in unexplored territories where the protagonists transgress the everyday to merge with the monstrous. This anthology…
Sacrifices: Stories
Taxidermist painters shipwrecked in a hostile society, blind people familiar with urban labyrinths, naked motorcyclists cruising the avenues, foreigners learning a language through confession, dying pilots resting by reading Saint-Exupéry, or lives…
La irrupción del populismo
Populism responds to moments of abrupt social change, such as modernization in Latin America or the 2008 financial crisis. As a logic of political action, it constructs its discourse from an invocation to the "people," who constitute themselves,…
The night
Caracas, 2010. The revolutionary government exploits the energy crisis to decree power outages that, for hours, black out the entire country. During these periods of time, Venezuela seems to regress in history to a new Stone Age that seeps through…
Venecos
"Venecos" is a derogatory way of referring to Venezuelans, who in these magnificent stories have emigrated to different cities around the world, such as Los Angeles, Paris, or Malaga, or have no means of leaving Venezuela, a country in moral and…
Muerte en el Guaire
Sere is a journalist from Caracas who leaves her job to open a restaurant in Santa Monica. Olga is an old friend living in exile in London. In brief letters marked by astonishment and horror, Sere tells Olga about the adventures of Patricia, a friend…