Capote, a Cuban artist born in 1977 in Pinar del Rio, told us he based his labyrinth on a model of a human brain and, in doing so, discovered that one wall bore more than a slight resemblance to a map of Cuba.
The piece has proved to be a popular addition to the Biennial landscape, and we join Capote in hoping it will end up as a full-scale addition to an urban landscape somewhere soon.

Liset Castillo is optimistic about the world financial crisis. She sees it as an opportunity for artists to forget about making money. "Artists are producing art that may have more artistic value than commercial", she says. For the Havana Biennial, Castillo produced Archaeology of Power, a global village in plastic. The power comes from Castillo’s use of color gradation. Starting from the black White House at the center, the color radiates outward to red and green skyscrapers. For what Castillo calls the "favela" on the outskirts, the color has drained away.