Clément Siatous, (left to right) Dernier déportation Nordvaer dans Diego en 1973; Île Boddam Salomon; Bateau patrol dans Diego Garcia. Installation view, Sunlight on the Sea Floor at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2024. (Photo: Raquel Perez Puig)

Kelly Sinnapah Mary, Notebook 10, the childhood of Sanbras, 2021. Acrylic painting on tapestry, 94 1/2 × 133 9/10 in (240 × 340 cm). Courtesy of the artist. (Photo: Kristien Daem)

Andrea Chung, Bioluminscence, 2024. Cyanotypes with watercolor and gouache on Arches paper. (Photo: Courtesy of Raquel Perez Puig)

Audrey Albert, installation view, Sunlight on the Sea Floor at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2024. (Photo: Raquel Perez Puig)

Christopher Gregory-Rivera, Juan Ángel Silen's Carpeta, from the Las Carpetas series, 2014. Courtesy of the artist.

Christopher Gregory-Rivera, Las Carpetas, 2024. Installation view, courtesy of the artist.

Alberta Whittle, Secreting Myths (left to right): (golden yellow); (magenta); (jade), 2019. Installation view, Sunlight on the Sea Floor at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2024. (Photo: Raquel Perez Puig)

Allora and Calzadilla, Landmark (Foot Prints), 2022. Installation view, Sunlight on the Sea Floor at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2024. (Photo: Raquel Perez Puig)

José Morbán, (left to right): Museo (1974) from the Tropo Trompo Trampa series, 2023; 6ta Avenida (1957) and El mural (1954) from the Calligeris series, 2022. Installation view, Sunlight on the Sea Floor at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2024. (Photo: Raquel Perez Puig)

José Castrellón, Watermelon Riot (1856), 2023. Installation view, Sunlight on the Sea Floor at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2024. (Photo: Raquel Perez Puig)

Shiraz Bayjoo, Sa Lamer Ant Nu (The waters between us), 2024. Sapele wood, brass, dye sublimation ink on satin, acrylic and resin on board, ceramic medallion, archive photographic print, card, cotton, coral stone, seashell, starfish, faux pearls, costume jewelry, historical coin, ceramic coin, lace doily, batik fabric, braided trim, and Kanga cloth. Installation view, Sunlight on the Sea Floor at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2024. (Photo: Raquel Perez Puig)

Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Otros Usos (Other Uses), 2014 (still). 16 mm color film with sound, 7 min. Courtesy the artist.

Chagos Research Initiative, Coincidentia Oppositorum. Collaged image of: Raising the flag of Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal; Raising the Flag on Diego Garcia as seen from USS Vernon County; Photo taken by Chaplain Larry Sellers, Commander, USN, Seabee Battalion, 1971.

Chagos Research Initiative, installation view, Sunlight on the Sea Floor at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2024. (Photo: Raquel Perez Puig)