So very honored to have Siboney be part of the collection of El Museo del Barrio ❤️‍🔥 I have plenty of admiration, respect, love and great memories around this institution, begining with my first NYC internship as an art student in 2012, probably around the time I was starting to process the experiences and ideas that led to this piece. Thanks to @embajadada, South South, and VEZA for making this happen! #repost • @elmuseo Gracias to SOUTH SOUTH @south_south_platform for selecting El Museo del Barrio as this year's inaugural beneficiary of the VEZA NEW MEDIA FUND, which will allow museums focused on the Global South and diaspora to acquire new media works from galleries taking part in VEZA for their collections. El Museo has selected two films: one that addresses the erosion of civil liberties by the high-profile Cuban-American artist Coco Fusco @cocofusco — The Empty Plaza/ La Plaza Vacia (2012, through Alexander Gray Associates) — and a work by the 32-year-old, Dominican-American artist Joiri Minaya @joiriminaya (Siboney, 2014, Embajada gallery). Be sure to check out its second edition of VEZA taking place through April 10, 2022, focusing on digital art and the remarkable possibilities of new media, as well as their core activity of facilitating new connections within the cultural ecosystems across the Global South and beyond. VEZA 02 will also feature a digital showcase of seminal video art from the Global South. Facilitated by the innovative technology of NIIO (@niioart), VEZA 02 will coincide with the April 2022 edition of SP–Arte (@sp_arte) and a physical presentation of the gallery video art showcase will take place at the fair. VEZA 02 will also boast a robust curated programme. Titled Bending the Axis, this year's programme is curated by Meyken Barreto, Uche James Iroha, and the curatorial duo Carlos Quijon, Jr. & Kathleen Ditzig and was made possible with the generosity of Mr. Jorge M. Perez and the inaugural SOUTH SOUTH x El Espacio 23 Curatorial Residency. It includes works by emerging and established artists and a Talks Programme engaging cultural practitioners from across the globe. 🎞 A still from Joiri Minaya’s film, ‘Siboney’ (2014)