Taxilandia NYC
Taxilandia, created by Modesto Flako Jimenez, immerses its audience in the flavors, sounds, sights, and dynamic history of Bushwick confronting social stigmas and the realities of gentrification. Weaving a dramatic, performative ‘tapestry’ that interconnects generations, social classes, races, and cultures, Taxilandia complicates our notion of what it means to be a local, an immigrant, or a resident of a place, challenging us to answer: “What is my personal roadmap of home?”
Phase 1: 4 Virtual Salon Conversations
With Guest Artists
We design and co-host a series of virtual salons, each with local artists whose work intersects with gentrification. Streamed live, these salons include a Taxilandia documentary on Bushwick, and an interactive portion where the artists and audience are invited to get out and capture five traces of gentrification with their cameras
Phase 2: Community Activation
“The Art of Words” is a coloring book distributed throughout our community we created with artists all over NYC to have them show us their unique vision of the city we all know and love.
A mural was designed and created for the New York Experience.
Phase 3: Five Gallery Installations
The virtual salons result in one or more creative collaborations. We work with our local artist partners to create a distributed storefront gallery (in partnership with local businesses).
25 Poems for Bushwick
Original poetry inspired by the local businesses and landmarks that make up the ever-changing neighborhood of Bushwick.
