On Thursday, 30 October 2025, SomoS Arts is hosting an evening with Colombian-American writer Carlos Mejía Suárez, who will present Scars of a Natural Bond: a new collection of stories and novellas that interweave personal memories, public violence, literary biography, and supernatural horror in a distinctly tropical-Gothic style. The event will be held in English.
Image above: Carlos Mejía Suárez, courtesy of SomoS Arts.
In an intimate setting, Suárez reads from texts that reflect his interest in the connection between literature and other art forms. These encounters have deepened his interest in exploring narrative forms that respond to and resonate with other art forms.
In this reading, Suárez unfolds three narrative sequences that move between Colombian and broader Latin American contexts. They touch on themes such as biography, horror and history, traversing imagined and real geographies – from Bogotá to Berlin and beyond. His prose moves between memory and myth, city and wilderness, the personal and the surreal.
The evening will conclude with a discussion moderated by Dr Angela Flury, German writer, translator and professor emeritus of comparative literature at DePauw University (USA), in which she and Mejia will reflect on the experiences, influences and imagery that shape his writing.
About Carlos Mejía Suárez
Carlos Mejía Suárez (born 1978) is a writer, researcher and lecturer. His work combines fictional writing, literary reflection and interdisciplinary collaboration. Born in Barrancabermeja, Colombia, and based in the United States since 2005, Mejía explores the human experience at the intersection of memory, history and nature. His texts weave together supernatural, ecological, and urban narratives that challenge traditional notions of identity, personhood, and agency. As a resident artist at SomoS Arts in autumn 2025, he is working on literary biographies of Latin American and German authors and developing imaginative settings inspired by Berlin, Colombia, and the United States.
About Angela Flury
Angela Flury is a writer, scholar, translator and educator. Her research interests include the history of the novel, genre literature, world literature, translation and visual studies, and cinematic narrative forms. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature with a focus on Critical Theory and Gender Studies from the University of California, Davis (USA).
About SomoS
SomoS is a non-commercial art space founded in 2012 and run by artists in collaboration with exhibition organisers. The focus is on interdisciplinary projects, intergenerational community and diversity. In collaboration with emerging and established creatives, SomoS provides space, knowledge and resources for the production, presentation and reflection of art. The diverse programme of exhibitions, artist residencies, performances, seminars and talks is open to the public and free of charge. The aim is to promote discussion, cooperation and understanding and to harness the unifying potential of art.
WHEN?
Thursday, 30. October 2025, 7 – 9 pm.
WHERE?
SomoS Arts
Kottbusser Damm 95,
1.0G, 10967 Berlin (U8 – Schönleinstraße)
COST?
Admission: free
