Colombian-born, multidisciplinary artist Esperanza Cortés shares a passion for the mosaic of the Americas and their confluence of cultures reflected in their traditions, rituals, music, dance, and art. Cortés’s recent mixed media sculptures and installations explore the theme of injustice that is at the root of the predatory gem and mineral excavation industry. The mining of precious stones has been an influential factor in the continued colonization of Colombia, having helped to fund the more than 60-year conflict there. Violence stemming from the mineral mining industries have also affected Brazil, as well as several African nations. Canté Jondo makes visible the human cost that is provoked by these mineral extractions, raising critical questions about the politics of erasure and exclusion in the aftermath of colonialism.