ABSTRACT
I examine two works by Cuban artist Camila Lobón and by Nicaraguan artist Darling López that aim to relocate narrations, feelings, and concepts in relation to the idea of nation. Discussing the totalizing concepts that sustain Cuba and Nicaragua’s narratives through the methodologies proposed in the works: speculative fabulations and assemblage as opportunities to think about the future looking sideways more than ahead. I argued that bridging forms and emotions, the social and earthly history can sustain a narrative beyond the totalizing discourses imposed by the state and the production of knowledge, demanding neatly delimited plots and denying the possibility of “assemblages” between fields.
