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DULCE TUMACO EXHIBITION
DULCE TUMACO
2018
BOGOTA
“What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead.”
—George Bernard Shaw, Arms and the Man
Tumaco conceals a unique potential that has remained invisible until now. The port and its surrounding region have long been marked by poverty, corruption, and violence; yet at the same time, it is one of the areas of greatest biological and cultural richness in Colombia. The region is home to a remarkable diversity of fine-aroma cacao, native to this land and recognized among the best in the world.
Extended Description
Local Afro-Colombian organizations—such as CORTEPAZ and the Consejo Comunitario Bajo Mira—buy, ferment, dry, and market native regional cacao, sustaining ancestral crops that resist disappearance in the face of expanding illicit cultivation. Within a market economy, the survival of these traditions is possible only if communities are able to sell their product at fair prices, offering an alternative to the coca trade.
In alliance with Cacao Hunters, Crepes & Waffles developed both an ice cream and a hot beverage made with Tumaco cacao, guaranteeing farmers a stable market over time. Today, these products connect you directly with the communities that cultivate some of the world’s finest cacao, so that Tumaco may be recognized for the sweetness of chocolate rather than the bitterness of processed coca.
This exhibition seeks to shed light on the challenges surrounding cacao and the region of Tumaco through works by artists who approach the subject from diverse perspectives. Some of these pieces were created during short-term residencies in Tumaco itself. The exhibition also includes testimonies from local inhabitants, whose ancestral knowledge and lived experiences speak to the complex realities of this territory.
Equipo curatorial Por FLORA ars+natura:
José Roca
Adriana Hurtado
Por Crepes & Waffles:
Felipe Macia,
Marcela Arango
Ricardo de la Pava
Producción:
Adriana Pineda
Montaje:
Julián Carvajal
Yeison Galeano
ARTIST
Liliana Angulo Cortés
Alberto Baraya
Monika Bravo
Herlyng Ferla
Ericka Flórez
Simón Hernández
Oswaldo Maciá
Juan Eugenio Marquínez
Gustavo Mindineros Belalcázar
Santiago Montoya
Fabio Melecio Palacios
Plu con Pla
Mailen Aurora Quiñones
Carlos Rodríguez (el Diablo)
Miguel Ángel Rojas
Henry Salazar
Venuz White
Felipe Macia
Liliana Angulo Cortés
Alberto Baraya
Monika Bravo
Herlyng Ferla
Ericka Flórez
Simón Hernández
Oswaldo Maciá
Juan Eugenio Marquínez
Gustavo Mindineros Belalcázar
Santiago Montoya
Fabio Melecio Palacios
Plu con Pla
Mailen Aurora Quiñones
Carlos Rodríguez (el Diablo)
Miguel Ángel Rojas
Henry Salazar
Venuz White
Felipe Macia
DULCE TUMACO
2018
BOGOTA