EL CONSULADO presented Coast Echoes, an immersive video installation, at The Chocolate Factory in Brooklyn on September 10, 2026, as part of Artists United for Venezuela — NYC Edition.
The benefit brought together music and visual art in support of people affected by earthquakes in Venezuela. In their event announcement, the organizers named Yo Tengo Un Sueño and World Central Kitchen as the groups the event aimed to support through ticket sales and livestream donations.
At The Chocolate Factory, projections extended across adjoining walls, placing coastal views and architectural images around viewers. In our original announcement of Coast Echoes, we described moving images in which architecture emerges from a coastal landscape and rises again.
The installation was subsequently shown at Unrooted, a multimedia exhibition curated by Sasha Bianca, at Heermance Farm in Tivoli, New York, on September 26, 2026. The one-day exhibition brought together approximately 20 artists from New York City and the Hudson Valley working across painting, sculpture, photography, short film, digital work, fashion, and spoken word. Set against the farm’s landscape as the region approached harvest season, Unrooted considered growth, relocation, and the possibility of putting down new roots. The show also brought art into conversation with music, fashion, and the agricultural setting.
We thank everyone who came to see the installation and shared their thoughts on feelings of rebirth and hope, and on the cycle of destruction and reconstruction as geopolitical and environmental shifts collide in our beloved Venezuela—a landscape rearranged over and over, with its people feeling those changes around the world.
You can help support projects like Coast Echoes and all of EL CONSULADO’s cultural initiatives by becoming a member. Visit our membership page to learn more and join.
