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Se hacen viajes

From the observation of the trocheros in the Colombia-Venezuela border, Santiago Velez combined two elements to create SE HACEN VIAJES: crocs shoes and rollerblades. As the Colombian visual artist notes, the people who transport goods (trocheros) are oftentimes wearing crocs shoes, since the footwear is waterproof and they have to walk through water from one side of the border to the other. The purpose of relating crocs shoes with rollerblades comes from the acknowledgment that one needs to invent and modify available resources when migrating. In this sense, waterproof shoes with wheels seem an adequate article for trocheros. For BLURRED LINES, Santiago Velez’s goal was to broaden the general concept of technology to not only digital tools but also to any object that can be adapted, created, or transformed into a useful device when crossing borders.