Wake

Creator: Sebastián Rodríguez y Vasti

Title: Wake

Publisher: Khyber Centre for the Arts

Date: 2020

Language: English; Spanish

Description: 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.

Subject: Performance art; Poetry readings; Family separation; Venezuelan diaspora

Type: Performance

Format: Poem

Rights: External resource

Documented by: Gabriella Wright & Archivo Venezuela

Relation:

Review

Curatorial Statement

Identifier: VDA-VA-012

Collection: Visual Arts

Tags: displacement, Family, memories, mourning, reflection, uncertainty, Venezuelan migration, water metaphors

Citation: Sebastián Rodríguez y Vasti, Wake, Khyber Centre for the Arts, 2020, accessed September 22, 2026, https://archivovenezuela.com/en/items/show/1133