Named after Plaza de la Vigía (Watchtower Square) in Matanzas, Cuba, Ediciones Vigía was cofounded in Matanzas in April 1985 by visual artist Rolando Estévez Jordán and poet Alfredo Zaldívar. Over the past forty years, Ediciones Vigía has transformed from a small informal gathering of creatives into an artists’ collective and artisan book press. “The founding group began by producing single-sheet flyers to announce meetings and cultural events for writers and artists in Matanzas,” says Brian Pablo González Lleonart, an editor at Ediciones Vigía. “Over time that informal gathering grew into a small publishing workshop: Those flyers evolved into more ambitious printed artifacts, then into pamphlets, folded pieces, and eventually fully conceived handmade books.” {read}
