Tejiendo el Verdín (Weaving the Microcystis aeruginosa) is a series of 6 textile pieces in which I transformed water from Lake Maracaibo into yarn, following recipes from molecular gastronomy that have been adapted by the biotextiles world. The lake, one of the largest and oldest in the world, and once a diverse ecosystem, now slowly dying under petroleum leaks, untreated sewage, and lack of waste management that have resulted in the bloom of verdín, a cyanobacteria that gives the lake its new green color. I wove the green water into 6 pieces named after cities across Maracaibo Lake relevant to my family history.

Destejiendo La Costa Oriental del Lago (Unweaving the Eastern Coast of Maracaibo Lake) is a series of 9 photographs printed on aluminum that capture the state of the region today. The photos, taken in January 2024, show the cianobacteria spreading across breakwaters, tires half-sunk in green foam, a fenced pumpjack stamped PetroCabimas, a banner demanding repair of sewage outflows (aguas negras), and a roadside sign reading ‘Bienvenidos al municipio...’, its name fallen off.

Finally, El Paseo Más Bonito (The Prettiest Adventure) a video recorded in 2023 between Pombo and her young cousins while crossing the bridge from Cabimas to Maracaibo. The kids, singing a traditional local song that nostalgically recalls the ferrys once used to cross the lake before the bridge was built in 1962. At the time, one of the longest bridges in the world, a marker of Venezuela’s oil-era optimism of the times.