“Like Cuba: Emerging Virtual Narratives”

Date

October 26 – December 22, 2015

Artists

Alexandre Arrechea, Kevin Beovides, Mauricio Abad, Naivy Perez, Rewell Altunaga, Rodolfo Peraza, and The Stainless.

Curated by

BOFFO_ny and Rodolfo Peraza 

Gallery

@BOFFO_ny

Location

BOFFO’s Instagram

Curatorial Statement

@boffo_ny LIKE Cuba: Emerging Virtual Narratives, co-curated by Rodolfo Peraza, focuses specifically on Cuban artists making innovative work at the intersection of art and social media. Commissions by Rodolfo Peraza, Alexandre Arrechea, Mauricio Abad, Kevin Beovides, Naivy Pérez & Rewell Altunaga, and The Stainless Group will be presented on BOFFO’s Instagram (@boffo_ny) beginning October 26, 2015.

############################## LIKE Cuba: Emerging Virtual Narratives addresses digital culture and connectivity among the social and political contexts of contemporary Cuba. Participating artists employ a wide range of conceptual and formal strategies in order to speculate on the horizons of social media in a country that has historically had highly restricted access to open Internet. What does it mean to utilize social media in an artistic practice, in this time and place?

############################## The artists commissioned for this series are actively engaging contexts of virtual activity, using Instagram as a studio space or a tool for exhibition. Their work deals with digital culture and the possibilities it raises for connectivity with (or disconnection from) a non-indexed political and social reality: Cuba. #Cuba #cubanart