When supermarket heir Alonso Wang had a lavish wedding at the Hotel Waikiki, the tabloids, many of which were sold in his family’s stores, had a field day. Mexican high society was out in full force. Everyone from wealthy entrepreneurs and senators to athletes and opera singers was there. Unbeknownst to the media, Wang was the 60 percent owner of the Waikiki, as well as an investor in two others and this wedding was as much as an advertisement as it was for the love of his bride. Regardless, everyone in Mexico began to associate Santa María hotels with fame and excess. Everyone wanted to come.
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.
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When supermarket heir Alonso Wang had a lavish wedding at the Hotel Waikiki, the tabloids, many of which were sold in his family’s stores, had a field day. Mexican high society was out in full force. Everyone from wealthy entrepreneurs and senators to athletes and opera singers was there. Unbeknownst to the media, Wang was the 60 percent owner of the Waikiki, as well as an investor in two others and this wedding was as much as an advertisement as it was for the love of his bride. Regardless, everyone in Mexico began to associate Santa María hotels with fame and excess. Everyone wanted to come.
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.