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Weildler Guerra, Álex Quessep and Ruby Rumié in conversation with Toni Celia

The Caribbean, 172 years after

Cartagena 2026, 

A conversation about the memory, identity and representation of a region absent from Colombia’s founding narratives: the Caribbean. In “Nosotros, 172 años después”, Ruby Rumié offered a digital intervention to the Comisión Corográfica (1850-1859), replacing the original figures with 100 inhabitants of the Caribbean of today, each of them crowned by their favourite food. The artist, together with the anthropologist Weildler Guerra and the chef Álex Quessep, explores how art and food reveal identities, question stigmas and create spaces for memory and collective pride. Images of the project accompany the dialogue, showing how photography, archive and words can link up to offer new views of the Caribbean.

Colombian Sign Language interpretation available

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Weildler Guerra, Álex Quessep and Ruby Rumié in conversation with Toni Celia