Yermine Richardson (PopCaribe)

La Romana, Republica Dominicana – based in Barcelona

The Altar
In The Eighth Day, Pop Caribe presents a work that is not a liturgical space but an invitation to reflect on Homo sapiens sapiens as the only species aware of its own existence and capable of imagining what does not exist. We invent gods, weave myths, and build symbolic systems to bring order to chaos. This "altar" does not worship an external divinity but turns inward: to the human mind as the ultimate source of all meaning.

The piece weaves ancestral symbols with scientific concepts like the mitochondrial Eve and chromosomal Adam genetic figures representing our most recent common ancestors. By evoking these shared biological roots, the work gains a political dimension: it dismantles nationalist and ethnic myths by reminding us that beyond borders and religions, we all belong to a single lineage.

This is not a celebration of faith in the divine but of the human capacity to create it. As Yuval Noah Harari points out, our uniqueness lies in collectively believing in fictions—gods, nations, money that end up shaping reality. This altar acts as a mirror, reflecting a world built from stories where even the most sacred truths are ultimately our own inventions.

We honor, therefore, the only verifiable god: the one we carry within ourselves.

Yermine Richardson
Yermine Richardson, known as Pop Caribe, is a multidisciplinary artist from the Dominican Republic whose work bursts with vibrant color, rhythm, and cultural pride. His art channels the pulse of Caribbean life a joyful, resilient celebration of identity rooted in ancestral spirituality and popular culture. Far from melancholy, his pieces are charged with the energy of festivals, street rhythms, and everyday magic.

Instagram: @popcaribe