Puerto Homogéneo

Puerto Homogéneo is an exploration into the homogeneity of the Latinx narrative as it is centered in proximity to nationalism and colonialism. The Masc. Colonial photo series by Yashi Davalos, in collaboration with artist Basqo’s mask artistry, explores the colonial exotification of the body in Latin patriarchy as it embodies gender fluid femininity through the nuclear family narrative. In the Yashi Davalos, Puerto Viejo series, archives of the afro & indigenous life in homogenous positioning explores the intersections of collective culture as it's positioned against nationalist agendas. In the clustered 8% of the Afro - Costa Rican population, on the underdeveloped Caribbean coast, this photography series explores the integrity of developing a tourist city attracting foreigners and digital nomads in a place deemed exotic, where there was historically only black and indigenous life. The juxta positioning of the Afro-Indigenous identity and the collective Latinx narrative employs the social value of power in femme aesthetic, culture, and mobility through homogeneous context of latinidad.

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