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Nothing did so much as change the aesthetic of Santa María as much as the airport. With so much demand from around Mexico, it made sense to expand the infrastructure. Why should the people of Mérida or Guadalajara, not to mention those in California or New York, not have a chance to visit? They had money to spend and everyone likes money. Don’t they? There was a plot of land to the southwest of town, just some peasants with their corn and beans, that could land an airliner there with ease. Alonso Wang had the will and El Banco de Nuevo León was there for support. The Aeropuerto Internacional de Santa María de las Rocas was inaugurated with three weekly DC-4 Aeromexico flights to Mexico City and Monterrey, but quickly expanded to include flights to cities throughout Mexico, as well as to Houston, Los Angeles and Miami.

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
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Token StandardERC-1155
ChainEthereum
MetadataCentralized
Creator Earnings
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Nothing did so much as change the aesthetic of Santa María as much as the airport. With so much demand from around Mexico, it made sense to expand the infrastructure. Why should the people of Mérida or Guadalajara, not to mention those in California or New York, not have a chance to visit? They had money to spend and everyone likes money. Don’t they? There was a plot of land to the southwest of town, just some peasants with their corn and beans, that could land an airliner there with ease. Alonso Wang had the will and El Banco de Nuevo León was there for support. The Aeropuerto Internacional de Santa María de las Rocas was inaugurated with three weekly DC-4 Aeromexico flights to Mexico City and Monterrey, but quickly expanded to include flights to cities throughout Mexico, as well as to Houston, Los Angeles and Miami.

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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