Networks of Confidences (Redes de Confidencias) is a photographic project developed in Cuba between 2007 and 2009, based on portraits of one hundred friends and acquaintances photographed inside their homes. Each participant was asked to remove their shoes and hold them in their hands as a gesture of consent and complicity with the project. In post-production, without altering the original photographic content, the artist repositioned the subjects’ feet onto their heads, creating a visual displacement that neutralizes hierarchy and difference.

Initially presented under the title Redes, the project evolved into One Hundred Cuban Family Portraits, exhibited as a continuous horizontal sequence of images. The extended linear installation operates as a narrow visual slit through which Cuban society can be observed collectively rather than individually, transforming the portrait into a social structure rather than a representation of identity

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Here I present a selection of the 100 portraits that make up the project today.

Nadal Antelmo Vizcaino. 2007

Technique: Digital photography later intervened

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Lia Sugaza, Lis Sugaza. 2007

Technique: Digital photography later intervened

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Rene Peña. 2007

Technique: Digital photography later intervened

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Rosalia Hernandez Sosa

Technique: Digital photography later intervened

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Jose Veiga

Technique: Digital photography later intervened

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David Mateo

Technique: Digital photography later intervened

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Elmo Hernnadez

Technique: Digital photography later intervened

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Andres D Abreu

Technique: Digital photography later intervened

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Elvia Rosa Castro

Technique: Digital photography later intervened

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By clicking the link below, you can view the 100 portraits that make up the project today.

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https://www.lensculture.com/nadal-antelmo?modal=project-1028459

 

 

REDES DE CONFIDENCIA was exhibited in numerous art salons, catalogs, and magazines. Below, I am showcasing some of these.

 

REDES at Matanzas Art Salon, Cuba. 2010

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REDES at Habana Gallery. 2010

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REDES in the exhibition Torbellinos, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. 2010

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REDES at Wilfredo Lam Center of Art, Havana, Cuba. 2011

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NADAL in front of REDES installation

REDES at Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana,  2013.

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100 Retratos Familiares Cubanos on display at MOCA Miami, 2019.

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100 Retratos Familiares Cubanos will be display at Asuncion Biennale, Paraguay.