Tímba

The so-called “Timba” is a popular musical rhythm in contemporary Cuba. In the drawing, the panorama unfolds a futuristic profile of a city that prevails and rises among its historic colonial buildings, while sophisticated aircraft come and go, swarming the borders. Antiquated advertisements along the seashore announce the word TIMBA to those approaching the island’s border. As the song’s chorus would say, “what’s for you is timba.” The fiction suggests that the nation’s idiosyncrasies and cultural essence are reduced to the tune that makes the hips sway and the buttocks of the locals bounce—who never stop moving wildly while consuming cold beer. It’s a futuristic vision of a country that represents sybaritic and sensual pleasure as a means of survival. Where you’re welcomed with timba.