EL CONSULADO in Dialogue with brave Projects
We are grateful to Kate Wong and brave Projects for inviting EL CONSULADO into their On Non-conformity series, a space for conversations around artistic practice, cultural resistance, and alternative ways of building visibility.
In this dialogue, we reflect on the origins of EL CONSULADO, the meaning of cultural work from the Venezuelan diaspora, and the role of projects like KIOSKO in creating new routes for presence, participation, and belonging.
EL CONSULADO began as a response to absence: the absence of stable cultural representation, the absence of institutional continuity, and the disappearance of many of the spaces that once supported Venezuelan artistic life. From New York, we have imagined the collective as a symbolic embassy set loose from place — one that can move, gather, publish, exhibit, and create forms of cultural infrastructure wherever our communities are.
The conversation also touches on KIOSKO, our mobile platform for books, editions, objects, and artist-led initiatives. Through KIOSKO, we are interested in how small formats can carry large questions: What does it mean to represent a country from elsewhere? How do artists build continuity after rupture? What forms of visibility become possible when institutions fail or disappear?
Thank you again to Kate Wong and brave Projects for this generous exchange and for making space for EL CONSULADO within a broader conversation on non-conformity, diaspora, and cultural imagination.
About EL CONSULADO
EL CONSULADO is an artist-run collective dedicated to supporting Venezuelan diasporic artistic practices through exhibitions, editorial projects, and community-centered cultural initiatives. Founded in response to the diminishing institutional representation of Venezuelan art abroad, the collective builds alternative infrastructures for visibility rooted in collaboration, mobility, and care.
Featured image: KIOSKO street activation in the West Village, New York City, June 2026. Photo by Gina Monk.
