TIME MACHINE, 2021.

Mixed media on paper

In Time Machine, cultural memory and technology converge in a space where time is not linear—it folds in on itself. This piece initiates a dialogue between physical history and digital presence, between matter and code, between memory and algorithm.

At the center, a mid-20th-century classic car—an icon of Cuban visual culture—bursts forth from a digital vortex. This portal is charged with binary code, glitch aesthetics, and programming symbols rendered in bold pinks and deep blacks. It represents not just a possible future, but a radical reimagining of time and movement.

To the right, an urban streetscape emerges—nostalgic and familiar. Colonial facades, wrought-iron balconies, and gas-lit lamps evoke the architecture of Old Havana. This segment of the composition becomes a capsule of collective memory, grounded in affective history. A small Cuban flag affixed to the vehicle quietly reinforces identity within the passage of time.

The time machine is not merely the car—it is the image itself, and the act of viewing. The audience is invited to step into this symbolic tunnel where data streams and cobblestone streets intersect, and where past, present, and digital future coexist in layered tension.

Through a combination of drawing, painting, and digital graphic language, Time Machine stands as a visual meditation on permanence and transformation—on how what once was continues to exist, now traversing new symbolic and aesthetic routes.

Bring this piece into your collection and let art become a space where time, technology, and identity converge.

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