Po'Pay 2180
Beneath the storms of Blindfall, ed. 2/7 (2026)

The Legend. The Revolt. The Future.

Po'Pay was a Pueblo spiritual leader — the architect of the only successful uprising against a colonizing power in North American history. In 1680, operating in secret from Taos Pueblo, he united the Pueblo people across hundreds of miles in an act of resistance the Spanish never saw coming and could not stop.

His signal was precise: runners carrying knotted cords, each knot counting down one day to the uprising. On August 10, 1680, the cords ran out. The Pueblo people rose. The invaders were driven from New Mexico and would not return for twelve years. Po'Pay did not simply lead a revolt. He reclaimed the land.

Reignited

Ortiz brings Po'Pay forward in time. In this vision, the revolt does not end in 1680. It reignites in 2180. The struggle continues. The sovereignty endures.

Torrential rains cascade across Po'Pay's face — the storms of Blindfall , at the heart of Ortiz's universe, where rising floodwaters collapse borders and unravel systems of power. As the storm intensifies, the enemy fractures: disoriented, unwitnessed, ultimately undone. Po'Pay 2180 stands at the center of that storm — not as a figure of the past, but as a living force. 1680 and 2180 are the same moment. The revolt never ended.

Currently on View

Po'Pay 2180 is featured in Continuum: Blindfall, First Strike — now on view at Vladem Contemporary, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, through October 18, 2026. The exhibition draws visitors into the epicenter of the Revolt, where 1680 and 2180 fold into each other and time-traveling warriors known as The Last Sovereigns stand between storm-blinded battlefields and the distant future.