CHASING STARS
OR HOLDING ON TIGHT TO MY WET SHOES
Drawing from my own experience working in the Lower Austrian wine quartier, ‘Chasing stars (or holding on tight to my wet shoes)’ is a reinterpretation of testimonials from refugees working with me in the fields and, at the same time, a symbolic gesture that refers to my own past goals and aspirations. The sculpture, made […]
THE KITCHEN ARCHIVES
‘The Kitchen Archives’, is a project that explores the complex relationship between the restaurant industry in Dublin and cultural consumption. This installation and weekly performance reimagines food as a site of resistance and reflection, inviting a critical examination of societal structures through the lens of a gastronomic experience. The project integrates testimonies of 22 Mexican […]
A SMALL PLASTIC SNAKE
& A BIG TOY FROG
‘A Small Plastic Snake & A Big Toy Frog’ is a video that reinterprets a standard linguistic analysis tool—the Speech Accent Archive—through the voices of 12 non-native English speakers. In the video, the hidden architecture of speech is isolated: words dissolve, leaving only vowels pulsing on a black screen. Stripped of context, language becomes a […]
THE HACIENDA MUST BE BUILT
The hacienda, according to Ivan Chetcheglov in the text ‘Formulary for a New Urbanism’, represents the oppressive and hierarchical structures in the context of urban spaces. In Mexico, Hacienda refers to the government body responsible for collecting taxes, managing public finances, and overseeing economic policy. In both cases, this concept alludes to a superior entity […]
APOLITICAL MAP
Maps are a critical instrument for the understanding of geopolitical relationships. From shaping the cultural and historical narratives to perpetuating power dynamics, maps underscore the complex interplay between cartography and global affairs. ‘Apolitical map’ is an attempt to create a map free from distortions and, at the same time, an exploration of failure in times […]
REMOTE OPERATION TACTICS
‘Remote Operation Tactics’ is the result of a research focused on working with communities within the National Autonomous University of Mexico and was presented in the framework of the exhibition ‘Autorreconstrucción: detritus’ at the Universitary Museum of Arts and Sciences UNAM. The project aims to explore the power dynamics within community practices through the direction […]
EL MOLCAJETE PERDIDO
‘El Molcajete Perdido’ (with Nancy García Cha and Zyanya Arellano) is a short mockumentary based on the true story of a precolonial mortar discovered during the construction of a house in Mexico City in the early 20th century. The mockumentary follows the journey of the molcajete through the family’s history and the institutions chasing after […]
CONSIDERING A FUTURE
THAT MAY NOT EVER HAPPEN
‘Considering a future that may not ever happen’ is a commissioned artwork for the exhibition ‘Pantitlán V. Migration & Food’, presented at the OT301, Amsterdam. It seeks to intertwine issues of migration, identity, and nostalgia through the gastronomic manifestations of different migratory points in The Netherlands. The project emerges as a symbolic compensation of privileges, […]