f.o.c.a

November  2023:

Soy una foca- I am a seal
por eso nada me toca – nothing touches me
en mi nariz – In my nose
no balanceo tu pelota – I don’t balance your ball
mi tarde perfecta – a perfect afternoon
es descansar sobre una roca – is resting on a rock
pero a pesar de que juego y bailo como una loca – even though I play and dance like crazy
a mi nada – nothing
pero nada – But NOthing
del mar – steals my sea-l
me desenfoca – from within

March 2023

I arrive in Uruguay with the seal and visit SOS Rescate Fauna Marina to propose feeding the orphan baby seals. They say Yes.

June 2023

I win a Botin Scholarship to move forward exploring these foca encounters.

October   2023

I move to Uruguay. To become a full time Foca. No eassy…

March 2024:

For a while I have been feeding orphan baby seals in an attempt to write a multidimensional salty poem of encounters, fears, trust and love. F.O.C.A. I provide a symbolic paternal mother. I love not knowing where we are heading with this (me and the seals). I trust that one day, a spark will bring it all together in a shareable artistic language of anecdotes – but mainly, I trust these baby seals will one day go back into the ocean and have a story worth telling to other sea creatures – perhaps in the most unusual ways too.

September 20, 2024:

Suddenly  F.O.C.A is at the UN, participating in the Future Ours. A group show at the United Nations in NYC with billboards  around the city. Foca is now swimming in the depths of the political sea and the city.

September 23,  2024:

Somehow in the most unusual way, these encounters opened more and more doors into unknowns territories. F.O.C.A has now grown into a oceanic foundation, a real artistic foundation, an underwater place to meet and explore ways to bond with the ocean from within.

October 2024

F.O.C.A has a website !

March 2025

Waiting for the stars to send a signal, slowly starting to commission texts. Faith and Patience

To be continued…

www.foca.art