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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,…
La Migrante
La migrante is an artistic activism project centered on the development of the migrant creator’s subjectivity. Through photographs and texts, she shares her experience of otherness within a context different from her place of origin. In this process…
Universo 11 (2023) and ¿Cuánto cuesta el cielo? (2023)
Through the exhibitions Universo 11 (2023) and ¿Cuánto cuesta el cielo? (2023), Pirela explores the notion of home—initially rooted in origin and place of birth, and later redefined through the experience of migration. Viewing these two works…
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.
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.
MPeach and Tambor NYC
MPeach, Tambor NYC, and Willie Quintana singing on the stage of Friends and Lovers.
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.
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…
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…
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…
Les poissons de Caracas
In Caracas, a dismembered body is discovered in the Guaire River. Inspector Enrique Dávila is assigned to the case. But time is running out, as the army threatens to transfer the file to the secret services.
Meanwhile, the officer’s neighbor is…
Algo habla con mi voz
Winner of the Universidad Central Novel Contest in 2019
*"How does a Venezuelan migrant survive in Bogotá while besieged by depression and the voice of madness, trapped in a fractured marriage, with a child who dries her tears, and whose only source…
#Darién
Two glam queens embark on a surreal journey into the Darien jungle, confronting haunting experiences and personal challenges that reshape their understanding of life and redefine their sense of self. (IMDb) "“I was seeing how more and more…
How to Measure Time
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…
Aunque me extinga
"A poetic song of migration, uprootedness, and love as resistance against pain and silence. Aunque me extinga is a book written from the perspective of migration, foreignness, and displacement, woven together through desire and love as barricades…
Wake
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…
La desesperanza
"If we had to summarize in a few words what Santiago Acosta presents to us through his verses, we would have to say that we are faced with a formidable tour de force: the paradox of writing about our desperate present without restraints or…
Traces of Erosion in Koekenstad (Las huellas de la erosión en Koekenstad)
Sabrina Montiel-Soto’s Traces of Erosion in Koekenstad is a multidisciplinary installation that interweaves found objects, collage, sculpture, artistic photography, and video performance to explore history, memory, and cultural transformation.…
The Paths of Objects
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…
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…