Christian Lesmes is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher based in Rotterdam. He frequently creates work that combines text and drawing. For over a decade, he has worked as the art assistant to Colombian conceptual artist Antonio Caro. In recent years, he has participated in various collective spaces and research projects.
The story "Whalesound" happened minutes before a highly deadly earthquake that occurred at 18:58:36 local time (UTC-5) on Saturday, 16 April 2016. With a magnitude of Mw = 7.8.6, it is the strongest earthquake felt in Ecuador since the 1979 Colombia earthquake. I was there hours before leaving the city of Manta, Ecuador.