by Vani | Jan 25, 2021 | Vist Projects, Visualities
Hugo Arellanes was bothered by something every time anthropologists, photographers and filmmakers visited his native Costa Chica. For years he could not put in words what it was. Until he managed to see it from a distance, at the university. There he concludes:...
by Vani | Jan 6, 2021 | Interviews, Vist Projects
“At least you’re a fine black woman,” some people told Mayeli Villalba when she was a child. They told her with a certain sadness that she did not identify well where it came from. She only understood a little more when, years later, she met a group...
by Vani | Sep 28, 2020 | Vist Projects, Visualities
The fandango is an ancient Spanish dance in wich castanets are used, and that arrived, just like enslaved people, to America. The maroon (cimarrón) is a rebellious soul that runs away from the control of “his masters” and decide to grow in liberty. From this...
by Vani | Sep 14, 2020 | Vist Projects, Visualities
In the Mexican east, in the Costa Chica, there is the afro-mexican territory. This area emerged during the colonization process, when the Spanish brought enslaved people from Africa. They only had few days of rest during the year, which they used for join around and...
by Vani | Aug 31, 2020 | Vist Projects, Visualities
Toponymy is the set of territory names. The Nomad Collective, born a decade ago in Costa Rica and expanded to various latitudes, thus named their work in the province of Limón, where they toured different cities, countries and even continents without leaving the Route...