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Then there he was, older. An image of him from not that long ago, though it felt distant now. It was a strange flyer for one of his last shows. He didn’t want to be there. He didn’t want to perform. They didn’t want to see him or to hear what he had to say. Why bare your soul if all they want to do is laugh at you? He gave them what they wanted so he could get paid, but nothing more. Where had it all gone wrong? Then he was younger again. This time a baby in his mother’s arms, drinking her milk. And older again. In his 20s now, after a show at a casino, when he slept with an older, married woman from the audience. And then he was younger. And older. And younger. And time lost all meaning. He turned into pure energy.

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 he was, older. An image of him from not that long ago, though it felt distant now. It was a strange flyer for one of his last shows. He didn’t want to be there. He didn’t want to perform. They didn’t want to see him or to hear what he had to say. Why bare your soul if all they want to do is laugh at you? He gave them what they wanted so he could get paid, but nothing more. Where had it all gone wrong? Then he was younger again. This time a baby in his mother’s arms, drinking her milk. And older again. In his 20s now, after a show at a casino, when he slept with an older, married woman from the audience. And then he was younger. And older. And younger. And time lost all meaning. He turned into pure energy.

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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