“Repression” is a work that reflects on the continuity of repression in Cuba, linking the original calligraphy used to title the newspaper “Previsión” – the official organ of the Partido Independiente de Color in 1908, a medium that gave voice to the thousands of Afro-Cubans massacred in 1912 – with the massive protests of July 2021, the largest in the island’s recent history, when the regime brutally imprisoned over a thousand people, hundreds of whom remain behind bars.

Together with two other works dealing with repression, it forms a triptych that uses a unified critical visual language. The work consists of twenty pages from the official newspaper “Granma” and a transparent canvas mounted on wooden slats. Fragmented into syllables and painted in black acrylic, the word ‘repression’ is arranged in a column, evoking ancient scripts and an almost architectural abstraction.

Suspended from two thin steel wires and set against a dark sky-blue wall, the work floats in space, reinforcing the dialogue between the cut-out text and its surroundings. The installation invites viewers to question the mechanisms of propaganda and the role of the media in shaping our collective memory.