ABOUT

Bocafloja is an Interdisciplinary artist and curator based in New York; Documentary Film, Music, Literature, Photography, and, Design are some of his mediums of creation.

BODY OF WORK

Critical Race Theory, Global South, Coloniality, and the African Diaspora in Latin America are fundamental topics addressed in his body of work.

MEDIA AND DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCES

Bocafloja has been featured in: PBS, OKAYAFRICA, AFROPUNK, BBC, NPR, LA JORNADA, ONCE TV, REMEZCLA, MTV, NACLA, CULTURESTRIKE, and many other newspapers, magazines and media  outlets globally.

Some of Bocafoja’s  distinguished performances and academic presentations include: Casa de las Américas (Cuba), Casa de América (Spain), The Schomburg Center (U.S), EID Festival (UK), Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (Brazil), Matadero (Spain), Lincoln Center (U.S),  The John F. Kennedy for the Performing Arts (US), Nuff Said (BE), Feria Internacional del Libro (MX) and an innumerable list of Universities, Colleges, Cultural Centers and venues in over 35 countries.

Music / Spoken Word

Bocafloja has performed extensively for over 20 years in more than 35 countries, positioning him as a leading voice within artistic communities in the Spanish speaking diaspora. Bocafloja is recognized as one of the first artists in Latin America who utilized Rap and poetry as an effective model of critical pedagogy amongst impoverished communities.

Bocafloja’s soulful musicality is merged with a rich diasporic vernacular resulting in a vibrant live performance that has been enjoyed by multi-generational audiences internationally.

QUILOMBOARTE ; The Project

Bocafloja is the founder of Quilomboarte; a peripheral cultural production conglomerate and platform that facilitates the creation of synergies between counter-hegemonic artists from the Global South. We embrace an anti-colonial political tradition which arises from the historical margins of our own bodies. 

Concerts, workshops, lectures, film screenings, theater, cultural exchanges, artistic residencies, are just some of the production formats that we have been developing internationally since 2005. 

We are an extended family of creators. We are a cooperative entity that established itself as a proactive alternative towards colonial cultural industries. 

Quilomboarte

Peripheral Cultural Production Conglomerate