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Even before the violence fully dissipated, those that purchased the prime oceanfront property that had been forcibly vacated began to reveal themselves. Teams of architects and contractors arrived to develop the ample swaths of vacated land into beach hotels. There were four of them that would be constructed, all side by side and opening within a year of each other. For Santa María, still quite small and off the radar, these lavish structures were quite out of the ordinary. They had extravagant lobbies lined with marble floors and ballrooms for extravagant parties and dancing. There were crystalline pools and suites decorated with Italian furnishings. With the new highway there was a seemingly an endless parade of new travelers looking to indulge in them, opening up hundreds of new opportunities for employment.

Santa Maria de las Rocas collection image

A novella by Nicholas Gill and Alejandro Cartagena.

A collection of 151 “expired photographs” that were thrown out, collected from a tianguis outside of Mexico City by photographer and archivist Alejandro Cartagena and then pieced together and reimagined by writer Nicholas Gill. The 151-page novella tells the tale of the fictional town of Santa María de las Rocas, located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

The story traces this coastal community from its humble origins at the turn of the century to the 1980s, as it corresponds to real events in the history of this corner of Mexico. As years pass, the landscape changes and the community grows and develops. There’s corruption and violence, magic and hope. Characters fall in love and fall apart. Their voices are heard. Their songs are sung.

The existence of this project is designed to question the very nature of storytelling and its possibilities in the digital age. As such, it’s done as a CO0, for free public use.

Category Photography
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Token StandardERC-1155
ChainEthereum
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Even before the violence fully dissipated, those that purchased the prime oceanfront property that had been forcibly vacated began to reveal themselves. Teams of architects and contractors arrived to develop the ample swaths of vacated land into beach hotels. There were four of them that would be constructed, all side by side and opening within a year of each other. For Santa María, still quite small and off the radar, these lavish structures were quite out of the ordinary. They had extravagant lobbies lined with marble floors and ballrooms for extravagant parties and dancing. There were crystalline pools and suites decorated with Italian furnishings. With the new highway there was a seemingly an endless parade of new travelers looking to indulge in them, opening up hundreds of new opportunities for employment.

Santa Maria de las Rocas collection image

A novella by Nicholas Gill and Alejandro Cartagena.

A collection of 151 “expired photographs” that were thrown out, collected from a tianguis outside of Mexico City by photographer and archivist Alejandro Cartagena and then pieced together and reimagined by writer Nicholas Gill. The 151-page novella tells the tale of the fictional town of Santa María de las Rocas, located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

The story traces this coastal community from its humble origins at the turn of the century to the 1980s, as it corresponds to real events in the history of this corner of Mexico. As years pass, the landscape changes and the community grows and develops. There’s corruption and violence, magic and hope. Characters fall in love and fall apart. Their voices are heard. Their songs are sung.

The existence of this project is designed to question the very nature of storytelling and its possibilities in the digital age. As such, it’s done as a CO0, for free public use.

Category Photography
Contract Address0x495f...7b5e
Token ID
Token StandardERC-1155
ChainEthereum
MetadataCentralized
Creator Earnings
10%
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