STATEMENT

In La Raya we decided to rescue a popular game and a symbolic civic space in Cuba. The game is known as la raya, traditional among children and habitual among adults, valued for its functionality for draws in cases of betting. The space is presented in the exterior areas of the National Capitol of Havana (1929), architectural emblem of the city and emblematic building of the legislature. After the triumph of the Revolution (1959) the original functions of this building were replaced, its façade and peripheral areas lost relevance: on a constructive scale, due to neglect and consequent deterioration; from a political, social and cultural point of view, due to the activities to which its areas were confined (generally recreational or criminal activities associated with gambling).

La Raya, in turn, equates the object of the physical game (currency) with the virtual one (cryptocurrency), emphasizing the contemporary economic dynamics around the digitalized realm of (video) gaming.