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Then there were the dulces de guamúchil. In the film, the lead actress tastes a candy made from guamúchiles, a tropical tamarind like pod fruit with a sweet and bitter flavor, that sends her into a nostalgic trip through her childhood. However, only the white guamúchil could be found anywhere close to Santa María, while it was the red guamúchil that was specifically mentioned in the movie. That didn’t stop a small sweet shop, Pastelería Suzanna, named after the character, from hauling it in from Sinaloa while saying it came from the hills of Tamaulipas. They sold a similar candy to the one featured, as well as guamúchil ice cream and paletas. They claimed to have been using the same recipe since they opened and a sign on the wall stated, “Since 1915.” While the impossibility of all of this being real was obvious, no one ever questioned it. Or maybe they just didn’t care?

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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Then there were the dulces de guamúchil. In the film, the lead actress tastes a candy made from guamúchiles, a tropical tamarind like pod fruit with a sweet and bitter flavor, that sends her into a nostalgic trip through her childhood. However, only the white guamúchil could be found anywhere close to Santa María, while it was the red guamúchil that was specifically mentioned in the movie. That didn’t stop a small sweet shop, Pastelería Suzanna, named after the character, from hauling it in from Sinaloa while saying it came from the hills of Tamaulipas. They sold a similar candy to the one featured, as well as guamúchil ice cream and paletas. They claimed to have been using the same recipe since they opened and a sign on the wall stated, “Since 1915.” While the impossibility of all of this being real was obvious, no one ever questioned it. Or maybe they just didn’t care?

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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