Diary entry—May 20, 2012
Crosses and White Fabric was a spontaneous ritual-participatory action and poetic intervention with the campesinos* from the hamlet of Cocorote. We began going up the mountain at 7:00 am, early enough to avoid the insects that come out in the heat of noon. We tried to find the site near the 'Zanjón del Silencio' (Ridge of Silence), where Iván Daza, my father, and Paramaconi were attacked by the Venezuelan army and disappeared. While there, I was told that this event occurred on January 23, 1966. The certainty of this information remains unclear. By creating 'gestures of care' for the politically disappeared, we intervened in this history of state violence.2012 images of ritual participatory action near the ambush site in Cocorote, Lara, Venezuela