The Technicolor Desert

Vividly colored gems are beginning to populate the desert skyline in El Alto, Bolivia. The designer of these polarizing pieces, Freddy Silvestre Mamani, brings more than interesting color and geometry to the table in the creation of this technicolor wave—what does this new invasion mean to the architecture and peoples of Bolivia, in object, process and product?

essay, latin americaTanner VargasSeptember 10, 2018essay, architecture, bolivia, el alto, mamani, latin americaComment

A Latin American Update

We made it to Argentina!!! The food makes me cry, we kiss cheeks on hello and goodbye, and the culture is so rich and right I’m worried I won’t be able to leave.

latin americaTanner VargasAugust 23, 2018travel Comment