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Jeff @lil__bri took @keylah and I to cow land and corn country aka Poxtla, & San Diego Huehuecalco to meet and experience some of her dairy and corn providers for @exp_maiz. The cafe we had a coffee at in Chalco before getting to the dairy vendor was completely cow themed — from collectible mugs in the window display to massive cow paintings on the walls — who unfortunately didn’t want to sell Bri their precious and rare cow print water jug. They’re rightfully very proud of their dairy & artifacts.

We met up with Arthur who owns @amartequesos for a tour of his retail space, production facilities, and to meet their cows. Their production is different from most dairy vendors as they create everything by hand with a few manual tools & hot+cold water (zero machines). This cheese is NOT touch deprived. They shared samples of damn near everything in their inventory with us and make my absolute favorite yogurt of all time. We sort of got to meet their cows but they were in a rush on their miles long journey back to the fields so that’s why you only see their butts.

Afterwards we visited Rosa, Miguel, and their funny ass heirs (children) Annie, Angel, & Josefat to see their process for the cultivation of corn. Rosa (mom) & Annie greeted us at her home and ordered us tlacoyos de haba for lunch. While we waited for the food to arrive we shelled corn and talked bochinche with Rosa about Bri’s personal life. The goats cackled along with us. After our backs started yelling at us, we went out to the fields to meet Miguel (dad) who was tilling the land with his horses while his sons Angel & Josefat planted the corn.

The relationship Bri & her cousin have with their providers is beautiful to experience. They have a true camaraderie & admiration for one another that is palpable in every bite once the food travels from Amecameca de Juarez, is lovingly prepared, and is made into an offering on your plate in Roma Norte. Thank you for sharing this experience with us, Bri. 🧀 🌽

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Oaxaca Centro 🇲🇽

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💙 Familia MD CONDESA en un sábado lleno de energía.
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scenes from August during the most stunning of seasons.
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there’s so much to say about the impact of becoming a trendy city. But all imma say here is that these global dynamics - from Marseille to Mexico City - hinge on antiblackness and that this is constantly left out of the discourse reflects the paradigm.

racial regimes in both places make possible topographies of displacement + gentrification that do what? create new bottoms for the people already positioned there. So unless we’re talking about whitexicans, white + N. Africans (clock it!) in France and their monopolized power + distributed violence and onto who then we ain’t gonna get anywhere bb.

liiike it can’t be fuera gringos but not AND fuera los blanquitos globally that make all of this possible ok!

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Te amo mucho, Ciudad de México.

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black herstory daysmonthsyears ft. a new job and new titties ✨

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Rasanbleman | Culture in Place curated by @khametri and I on view now at HCX Galleries! ⭐️ 558 St. Johns Place | Brooklyn, NY 11238

haiticulturalx.org or check out @haiticulturalx for gallery hours.

Chapo to the best co-curator @khametri habibti❤️🥺

Thank you so much to everyone who came opening night! Mèsi pa sifi🫂🫂

Mèsi a tout atis ki fè pati de Rasanbleman. Nou enspire m ⭐️🇭🇹 what an honor to be in the presence of your work.

Anpil lanmou pou @reg_roumain @khametri @haiticulturalx ❤️

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Rasanbleman | Culture in Place: The Evolution of Haiti Cultural Exchange 2009 - 2022

Co-Curated by Steven Baboun and Kassandra L. Khalil
Archival Manager, Micaela Walker
Graphic Design, Kathryn Dreier

Rasanbleman | Culture in Place will feature the work of documenting photographers alongside vivid moments from our Archive. Through the lens, this group of artists present their core snapshots of the memories, joy, and growing visions for New York’s Haitian culture in action.

Featuring the work of:

MC Alexander • Paul Corbanese • Liz Gauthier • Richard Louissaint • Jocelyn McCalla • Keylah Mellon • Tequila Minsky • Claire Saintil

Rasanbleman is a gathering – of ideas, of actions, of energies, of bodies – focused and reshaping to share space together. Gina Athena Ulysse describes rasanblaj as an “assembly, compilation, enlisting, regrouping”. How does a community when assembling together knit moments in time and place to the fabric of collective memory?

Our presence in community is the core of the archive. Ourselves as creators, storytellers, and witnesses are the originating thread. Holding both heritage and evolution, we mark and strengthen our arrangements to contemporary and future visions of our culture.

Read more about this exhibition on the HCX website! 🔗 Link in bio for details.

🌟Opening Reception: Thursday, September 12 | 6-9pm
📅 On view: Thursday, September 12 - Sunday, November 17; Wednesday by appointment.
🕒 1-6pm
📍Haiti Cultural Exchange, 558 St Johns Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11238

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HCX has been so fortunate to have photographers like Claire Saintil, Keylah Mellon, Liz Gauthier, MC Alexander, Paul Corbanese, Richard Louissaint, and Tequila Minsky documenting our work over 15 years. Let’s show them some love! Follow, like, and stay tuned for an upcoming exhibition in the HCX Gallery as part of our Fall Vizyon Atistik exhibition calendar.

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