Cocuyo

In 2017, artists Ana Tomimori and Carlos Felipe Guzmán moved to a rural area in Cundinamarca, Colombia. They settled in a family home that once belonged to Guzmán’s grandparents. The house, built in the early 20^th century, holds the history of Colombia. An abandoned mill, a royal road, a highway, train track ruins, coffee and the mountain all contribute to its wild, inaccessible character. While living there and managing the Cocuyo Art Residency, both artists became farmers, cultural managers and part of the local community of a small town in the eastern Andes Mountain range. They discuss this project, called Proyecto Cocuyo, in their new book Cocuyo.

Cocuyo is a publication Tomimori and Guzmán developed during their residency at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht. The book compiles texts, images and memories of Proyecto Cocuyo, their initiative aimed at restoring a traditional agroforestry coffee farm located in a Colombian mist forest. Other contributors are Emily Shin-Jie Lee, Sylvia Suárez and Tania Fuentes. The artworks and photographies were made by Proyecto Cocuyo members and previous artists-in-residence Nicolas Baresch, Tania Fuentes & Camilo Cuervo, Andrea Marín, Álvaro Cabrejo, Karen Moya and Andrés Salas.