Vi el futuro, es maravilloso, hay Puertorriqueñxs / I saw the future, it's so wonderful, there are Puerto Ricans

curated by Mariana Ramos Ortiz


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  • On view at
    Taller Comunidad La Goyco
    1763 C. Loiza, San Juan, P.R. 00911 
    July 1 - July 31, 2023
    Opening: Sat, Jul 1, 14:00

    Online: 
    starting July 1, 2023

Jezabeth González Roca - José Luis Vargas - Gabriella Torres Ferrer - Amanda Torres - Leonel Rodríguez - Sofía Córdova - María José V - Ramón Miranda Beltrán
Vi el futuro, es maravilloso, hay Puertorriqueñxs / I saw the future, it's so wonderful, there are Puerto Ricans interweaves the work of Puerto Rican artists engaging with speculative fictions, world-building, Caribbean Futurism, and reinterpretations of the past, present, and future in response to Puerto Rico's colonial realities.

Through centering the radical imaginary as a tool for self-determination, the seven artists showcased in this exhibition aim to suggest alternatives on how to access the past, traverse the present, and produce future forms of knowledge. Through their video work, Jezabeth González Roca invites their family to imagine and visualize what it would mean to live on a floating island. While already living within shifting political, social and economic terrains, members of their family share a speculative fiction approach to the realities of everyday Puerto Rico. Gabriella Torres Ferrer's network-based still life, composed of commodities such as pineapples, plantains, sugar cane, and data mining computers, exposes the dynamics of production and exchange in the Caribbean as well as the post-hurricane wave of crypto investors taking advantage of a territory in crisis.

The works in this exhibition interrogate the constant colonization of futures due to the unquestioned and unchallenged continuations of the past and present. In conjunction with the exhibition, a series of performances and events will be held to address the emerging forms, perspectives, and contributions these artists are making to the reimagining of Puerto Rican futurity.
 
Mariana Ramos Ortiz is a visual artist from Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Their work outlines resistance tactics against colonialism in the context of the United States' occupation of Puerto Rico. They hold a BA from the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design.