I spoke to Nella Rojas Mata while she was visiting Caracas, Venezuela. She made time for our meeting by stepping away from a small gathering. Her family was bidding goodbye to a cousin who was leaving Venezuela, yet another... Read Article
La Familia (The Family, 2018 / Dir: Gustavo Rondón Córdova) starts with a scene among feisty young rebels, the reality of Venezuelan youth at the edge of the slums of Caracas. There is a mix of boyish playfulness, mutual care,... Read Article
Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist MPeach‘s new single “TBT” pays homage to the nostalgia and generation-defining markers of early perreo days, harkening back to the soundtrack of growing up in her native Venezuela. In the song, “TBT” (which we’ll assume... Read Article
The repertoire bounced between folk Americana, to waltz, to high-speed joropo, to cha cha cha, to gypsy folk, to Venezuelan merengue. There was never a dull moment at this concert at the Red Poppy ArtHouse in San Francisco.... Read Article
He never went to film school but Andrés Duque has established a reputation for very personal experimental films. His work, as well as his life in general, have been guided by intuition and disorder, as well as his... Read Article
La Confianza Ciega is a kaleidoscopic record. That was the overpowering feeling that I had listening to the new offering from Venezuelan artist Algodón Egipcio. It is an ever-moving artwork that is complex in its rhythms, surprising in... Read Article
With The Invention of Nature (subtitled The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science) Andrea Wulf makes a persuasive case that Alexander von Humboldt’s contributions are foundational to modern scientific and environmentalist thought and should... Read Article
MPeach is a Latina del futuro, a Latin of the future, as she titles one of her latest tracks. The future however feels like a question, about what once was and what still is Latin America today. Maybe... Read Article
There can be little doubt that Algodón Egipcio is one of the most inventive producers in Latin America. The Caracas-born musician has constantly evolved since first emerging as half of Jovenes y Sexys, following that much-loved group with... Read Article
Bituaya, La Gallera Social Club and Monsalve Y Los Forajidos all feature on a new compilation EP from Movimientos entitled New Sounds of Venezuela. Best of all, it’s available for free! All three groups highlight the diversity of Venezuelan music. Monsalve... Read Article
This past July the Museum of Modern Art in New York City wrapped up its four month long exhibition, Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955 – 1980; an exhibition that delved deep into the modern coming-of-age era of... Read Article
Nobody could ever call Venezuelan producer Arca a slouch. Ever since he dropped his Stretch 1 and Stretch 2 EPs in 2012 he has always seemed to be up to something, whether that’s been producing for Kanye West,... Read Article
