I was honored to be invited to be part of panelist for the world premier screening of the documentary Impresiones de Resistencia produced by Hello Print Fiend at the Brooklyn Fine Art Fair in New York City.
It was my first time traveling to be part of a forum or panel in an Art Fair so it was a very cool experience for me. The first screening was Powerhouse Arts with a full house and a great group of panel members that I respect a lot. Javier Moreno, Poli Marichal and Fraixa Albizu. We discussed a lot of topics regarding print history in Puerto rico and had a great time. Shoutout to my friend, artist Nicole Bueso for the hospitality and hanging out with me.
The next day the screening was held at the Rafael Tufino print shop (Taller Boricua) at the El Barrio Artspace which was a Public School and is now part of El Museo del Barrio and an art dedicated building. This was packed and it was a bit overwhelming. I can see how important is documenting and the need of the Puerto Rican people to keep connected to their roots and Island by our culture, heritage and love of our country. The Q&A was around 1 hour long and we engaged in some real great stories and how the diaspora keeps in touch and helping Puerto Rico from abroad.
The moderator was my friend Nitza Tufino daughter of the late Rafael Tufino, a great artist and an exceptional human being. She was very happy to have us there and she had a lot of stories and questions. It was a beautiful moment in time where over 80 people curious about a for of resistance, a culture, a history and people who the USA government has abused, stolen, humiliated, used, experimented, killed, raped, abandoned and has been constantly left out of history and history book. We will never go down without a fight, and we have the evidence in print.
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