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El Callao: Wounds and Repair Patricia Wanying Lolu
Baldo Verdú (Musical artist)

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@patriciawlolu
@baldoverdu
website: wanyinglolu.com


"El Callao: Wounds and Repair" are multi-screen animations informed by Venezuelan cultural heritage, and ancestral beliefs from diverse communities, which uncover the postcolonial past of El Callao. The Venezuelan ethnic artists dive into the rarely-known history with immersive animation and rhythms performed by traditional instruments, following the colonial wounds in the folklore narrative.

Informed by the conversation of our pioneer Francisco de Miranda with Goethe, ‘A country starts out from a name and a flag, and it then becomes them, just as a man fulfils his destiny’ , Patricia Lolu weaves a web of echoes with hand-crafted animation that links the distorted past to this significant moment. With unwavering faith, Baldo Verdú leads us into the sensory journey with his soulful and powerful Afro-Venezuelan percussion.