Roldán’s Journal
Proyectos Ultravioleta
Guatemala City, Guatemala
“See if you have made me go crazy
that instead of hating you I want you “
– Jose jose
El Diario de Roldán is the first personal show of Juan Brenner in Proyectos Ultravioleta. In it, Brenner explores the thin line between reality and fiction, from an object trouvé that reached his hands more than 4 years ago and that will finally make known in this sample: Roldán’s diary. This one was made by Roldán himself, who worked as a bodyguard with a Guatemalan high society family while also living with them. The sample includes 8 photographs of collegiate cut that were stolen by Roldán, in which both the girl he looked after and his teenage friends appear. Going into its pages is getting direct access to the mind of this character characteristically Guatemalan. In the newspaper we find an imagined world where he takes refuge from his sad and lonely reality, and appropriates the voices of some of the young people whose photographs he has stolen. Using the first person, the bodyguard writes to himself a wide repertoire of motivational messages, dedications of friendship and even, one or another message of love.
The diaro becomes then the starting point of the in-depth investigation carried out by Brenner, whose purpose is to investigate Roldán’s text and thus approach a very particular portrait of the bodyguard, a figure already fundamental in contemporary Guatemalan society. The exhibition will allow the viewer to get closer to the newspaper and to some psychiatric reports made to Roldan. Additionally, a scale reconstruction of the room in which Roldán lived during the months he worked for that family, and where he created the newspaper will be presented. There will also be, among other things, a series of motivational videos made with phrases compiled from written documents that once belonged to the bodyguard.
According to figures issued by the Ministry of Labor in September 2009, approximately 867 new positions for bodyguards are created in Guatemala per quarter, with a 6% growth rate. Currently, it is estimated that there are around 11,250 citizens working to take care of the backs of about 1,870 Guatemalan families. According to the National Civil Police, last year 965 bodyguards died in altercations related to their profession.
Other exhibitions by these artists at Proyectos Ultravioleta:
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To Name a Bird is to Sing With It
Amalia Pica
Guatemala
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Art Basel 2024
Basel
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Frieze NY 2024
New York
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Frieze NY 2023
New York
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ARCO Madrid 2023
Madrid
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The Night Dies by the Day, the Day Dies by the Night
Guatemala
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Arco Madrid 2022
Madrid
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Ríos de gente (Rivers of People)
Regina José Galindo
Guatemala City
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Art Basel Miami 2021
Miami
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First Sunrises on Earth
Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City
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NADA Miami 2020
Miami
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Artissima XYZ 2020
Online
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ART DÜSSELDORF 2019
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa
Düsseldorf, Germany
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Suavitel Entertainment Club
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Oh shining star testify
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Frieze London 2019
Hellen Ascoli
London, UK
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Chicago Invitational 2019
Elisabeth Wild
Chicago, USA
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CONDO Shanghai
Regina José Galindo
Shanghai, China
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Sometimes you have to go down to go up
Akira Ikezoe
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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LISTE 2019
Basel, Switzerland
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Frieze NY 2019
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa
New York, USA
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ArteBA 2019
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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SP-ARTE 2019
Jorge de León
São Paulo, Brazil
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CONDO São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
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Of the Color of the Forest, at the Bottom of the Sea
Johanna Unzueta
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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ARCO Madrid 2019
Madrid, Spain
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Live Happily
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Condo London
Hellen Ascoli
London, UK
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NADA Miami 2018
Miami, USA
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Frieze London 2018
Johanna Unzueta
London UK
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The Guardian of the Forest
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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LISTE 2018
Akira Ikezoe
Basel, Switzerland
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Uncertain Nature, or how Landscape is Constructed From Guatemala
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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ArteBA 2018
Elisabeth Wild
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Frieze NY 2018
Jorge de León
New York, USA
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Condo Unit SP
São Paulo, Brazil
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NADA Miami 2017
Miami, USA
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Fantasías
Elisabeth Wild
Glendale California, USA
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Frieze London 2017
Regina José Galindo
London, UK
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The Objective
Regina José Galindo
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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El eje del mal (The Axis of Evil)
Glendale California, USA
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I Woke Up Early to Comb the World
Hellen Ascoli
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Condo NY
Vivian Suter
New York, USA
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LISTE 2017
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa
Basilea, Switzerland
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Frieze NY 2017
Akira Ikezoe
New York, USA
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Modulated Emotions
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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NADA NY 2017
Radamés “Juni” Figueroa
New York , USA
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ARCO Madrid 2017
Madrid, Spain
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In the Prosperous Days
Jorge de León
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Condo London
London, UK
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NADA Miami 2016
Miami, USA
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ARTBO 2016
Akira Ikezoe
Bogotá, Colombia
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Frieze London 2016
London, UK
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Dennis, the Florifundia and the Pato Poc
Radamés “Juni” Figueroa
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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LISTE 2016
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa
Basel, Switzerland
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Monstera Deliciosa
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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NADA NY 2016
Akira Ikezoe
New York, USA
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SP Arte 2016
Radamés “Juni” Figueroa
Sao Paulo, Brazil
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ARCO Madrid 2016
Madrid, Spain
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AUTO HYSTŒRIA
Alberto Rodríguez Collía
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Material Art Fair 2016
Jorge de León
México, México
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NADA Miami 2015
Miami, USA
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ARTBO 2015
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa
Bogotá, Colombia
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The End of the East Coincides with the End of the South
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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LISTE 2015
Basel, Switzerland
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NADA NY 2015
Elisabeth Wild
New York, USA
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Touch Wood
Guatemala city, Guatemala
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ARCO 2015
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa
Madrid, Spain
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Zona MACO 2015
México D.F., México
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NADA Miami 2014
Miami, USA
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Melvin Laz
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Odeón 2014
Alberto Rodríguez Collía
Bogotá, Colombia
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Ch.ACO 2014
Santiago de Chile, Chile
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Art-O-Rama 2014
Marseille, France
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Fantasía
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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LISTE 2014
Basel, Switzerland
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NADA NY 2014
New York, USA
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Zipacna, Creator of the Mountains
Paris, France
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Elisabeth Wild
Elisabeth Wild
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Material Art Fair 2014
México D.F., México
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The Day Before Yesterday
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Octopus
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Proyectos Ultravioleta presents: A space to meet art, spend time between nature and culture, see, listen, feel and think.
San José, Costa Rica
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Architecture and Friendship
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Culture and Art in Guatemala
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Proyectos Ultravioleta presents
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Inside Joke
Panama City, Panama
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Artissima 2012
Turin, Italy
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The Terrible 2
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Proyectos Ultravioleta presents Proyectos Ultravioleta presents…..
Zürich, Switzerland
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Así que se vaya (So it goes) / Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
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BOTH ENDS
London, UK
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Así que se vaya (So it goes) / Comalapa
San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala
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Dolphin Bay
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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P O S T P A N A M A X
Panama City, Panama
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Así que se vaya… (So it goes…)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Tún
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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THE BURNING OF THE DEVIL
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Waterfall
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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International Meeting (Cheverista) of Medellin
Medellin, Colombia
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We Dress to Express, Not to Impress
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Great Masterpieces of the 20th Century
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Esther Planas: Events and Aparitions in Red
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Tomorrow
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Silverio
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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ULTRAMARICA
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Ultra Es Low
San José, Costa Rica
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ch.ACO
Santiago de Chile, Chile
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Joy Vinicio
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Parents, distance and speed
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Buró de Intervenciones Públicas (BIP)
Buró de Intervenciones Públicas
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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El (Inter) National (Psycho) Geographic TWAIN
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Meneo
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Ultrapuñeta
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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El Juni and his international friends
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Circa Labs – Somewhere Over the Rainbow
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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The Queen has died, the moose killed her
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa
Guatemala City. Guatemala
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In My Brother’s House
Guatemala City
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Alchemy of Aches
Guatemala
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Herbaria
London
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Walking Through a Forest, at Night
Guatemala
2023
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Nada Concreto (Nothing Concrete)
Guatemala City
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Ríos de gente (Rivers of People)
Regina José Galindo
Guatemala City
2022
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Oído vegetal (Vegetal Ear)
Guatemala
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Nina’s Wishbone
London
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Pisapapeles
Guatemala
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Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
Guatemala
2021
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Suavitel Entertainment Club
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Oh shining star testify
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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CONDO Shanghai
Regina José Galindo
Shanghai, China
-
Sometimes you have to go down to go up
Akira Ikezoe
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2019
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CONDO São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
-
Of the Color of the Forest, at the Bottom of the Sea
Johanna Unzueta
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Live Happily
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Condo London
Hellen Ascoli
London, UK
-
The Guardian of the Forest
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Uncertain Nature, or how Landscape is Constructed From Guatemala
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Condo Unit SP
São Paulo, Brazil
-
When He Woke Up…
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2018
-
Fantasías
Elisabeth Wild
Glendale California, USA
-
The Objective
Regina José Galindo
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
El eje del mal (The Axis of Evil)
Glendale California, USA
-
I Woke Up Early to Comb the World
Hellen Ascoli
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2017
-
Condo NY
Vivian Suter
New York, USA
-
Modulated Emotions
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
In the Prosperous Days
Jorge de León
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Condo London
London, UK
-
Dennis, the Florifundia and the Pato Poc
Radamés “Juni” Figueroa
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Monstera Deliciosa
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
AUTO HYSTŒRIA
Alberto Rodríguez Collía
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2016
-
The End of the East Coincides with the End of the South
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Touch Wood
Guatemala city, Guatemala
2015
-
Melvin Laz
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Fantasía
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Zipacna, Creator of the Mountains
Paris, France
-
Elisabeth Wild
Elisabeth Wild
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2014
-
The Day Before Yesterday
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Significant Set
Panama City, Panama
-
Octopus
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Proyectos Ultravioleta presents: A space to meet art, spend time between nature and culture, see, listen, feel and think.
San José, Costa Rica
2013
-
Architecture and Friendship
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Culture and Art in Guatemala
-
Proyectos Ultravioleta presents
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Inside Joke
Panama City, Panama
-
The Terrible 2
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Proyectos Ultravioleta presents Proyectos Ultravioleta presents…..
Zürich, Switzerland
-
Así que se vaya (So it goes) / Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
-
BOTH ENDS
London, UK
2012
-
Así que se vaya (So it goes) / Comalapa
San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala
-
Dolphin Bay
San Juan, Puerto Rico
-
P O S T P A N A M A X
Panama City, Panama
-
Así que se vaya… (So it goes…)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
THE BURNING OF THE DEVIL
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Waterfall
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
International Meeting (Cheverista) of Medellin
Medellin, Colombia
-
We Dress to Express, Not to Impress
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2011
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Great Masterpieces of the 20th Century
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
BYOB Guatemala
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Mayami Son Machín
Miami, USA
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LUX
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Esther Planas: Events and Aparitions in Red
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Tomorrow
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Silverio
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
ULTRAMARICA
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Ultra Es Low
San José, Costa Rica
-
ch.ACO
Santiago de Chile, Chile
-
Joy Vinicio
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2010
-
Parents, distance and speed
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Buró de Intervenciones Públicas (BIP)
Buró de Intervenciones Públicas
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
El (Inter) National (Psycho) Geographic TWAIN
Guatemala City, Guatemala
-
Meneo
Guatemala City, Guatemala