"MIGRAR: 1"
by Felipe Ortiz and Ivan Salazar
Cali, Colombia photographer / designer Ivan Salazar is founder and director of Fundación Culata Arte e Investigación, working with communities to use art for social transformation. Not only passionate about photography, Salazar says he has been exploring ways to use stencil techniques to translate images in large-scale public art installations. Also born and raised in Cali, Felipe Ortiz's family fled the violence of the late '90s. Landing in the U.S., Oriz says the language barrier was what led to spend time drawing by himself. A few years later, on a visit by his late brother who asked "Is this the best you can do?" Ortiz's trajectory as a professional artist was set. In 2018 Ortiz and Salazar teamed up for North Shore Community Development Corporation and the Punto @UrbanArtMuseum in the immigrant-rich The Point neighborhood of Salem, MA to create this visual commentary on migration behind @NorthShoreCDC space on Lafayette Street. @felipeortizart/ @ivan_salazar_foto/
