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El \u00c1rbol de los Anhelos \u2013 Codex of Human Rights<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>is a long-term visual project originally conceived as a series of thirty large-scale works, each dedicated to one article of the\u00a0<\/span>Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n It has evolved into an open system without a fixed sequence, where additional works emerge in response to context, opportunities, and the state of the world.<\/p>\n \u00a0The work continues to develop through institutional support, grants, residencies, and public presentations.<\/p>\n View project \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”I am Going to Write a Letter (essay: The Biology of Paradise)” image=”https:\/\/www.lorianaespinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/650721bd-7343-4449-bff9-df1a14d1efa1-233×300.png” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” animation=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Voy a escribir una carta<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>is an artistic practice in which I study bills currently under consideration by the Congress of the Republic of Colombia and, based on that research, write letters to be sent to the legislators involved in their legislative process as a way of becoming part of the discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n The project currently focuses mainly on environmental legislation. Each letter begins with a bill that interests me and with research into its background, sponsors, rapporteurs, and legislative progress.<\/p>\n The letters are handwritten or typed on a manual typewriter as part of my calligraffiti practice.<\/p>\n View project \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”General Artist Statement” image=”https:\/\/www.lorianaespinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Fuego-36-240×300.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” animation=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n August-20-2026<\/p>\n I am interested in how human beings organize life together. I examine the structures and systems we create and how they shape our relationships with one another and with the world around us<\/p>\n I am a painter working through calligraffiti, an art form that combines calligraphy, typography, and graffiti. In my practice, these three elements operate as interdependent systems.<\/p>\n