Installation developed for NEW INC'S DEMO2023 exhibition at The South Street Seaport.

Inspired by Andrzej & Magdalena Antczak’s research of pre-Hispanic archeological sites in northern Venezuela to understand their prior inhabitants through their mollusk consumption, I made ten visits to collect bivalve shells gathered by workers at The Fulton and Fulton Fish Company to illustrate human activity at The South Street Seaport through their mollusk consumption.

The installation takes its name from Rafael Requena’s 1932 book Vestigios de La Atlántida.

It has 3 parts:

Venus Fultonoide, a sculpture reimagining pre-Hispanic Venus figurines made as an offering to spirits of eaten bivalves, made from 1 day’s harvest of scallop shells.

Conchas Fultonoides, 1 sample of each of the bivalve shells collected.

Polvo Fultonoide, pulverized 1-day’s harvest of oyster shells.

Special thanks to: The Fulton NYC, Fulton Fish Company, Sarah Russo, Georgina Salter, Elisa Padilla, Noah Poses, Lei Jiang, Osvin Velasquez, Omar Peña