Co/lapse (Unrevised Edition)
Single-channel video, 32:48 min.
4K video (color, sound)
Given the right conditions, any sound
can pass through a wall
Two-channel video installation, 12:40 min.
Wall structure, synchronized 4K video (color, sound)
Variable dimensions.
Notes on the translation of El Solitario
(or Preface to the English Edition)
Two-channel video, 28:08 min.
4K video and Super 8mm film transferred
to digital (color, sound).
Trial (the actors and the translator)
4K video, blackout structure, translation drafts,
light table, 4x5 film negatives, inkjet prints.
Three actors audition for the role of “José,” the
semi-fictional protagonist of El Solitario, a novel in process of translation (later addressed at length in
Notes on the translation...)
Overall variable dimensions.
4K video, blackout structure, translation drafts,
light table, 4x5 film negatives, inkjet prints.
Three actors audition for the role of “José,” the
semi-fictional protagonist of El Solitario, a novel in process of translation (later addressed at length in
Notes on the translation...)
Overall variable dimensions.
Evidence
Framed inkjet prints, 21 x 21 in each.
Installed at corresponding positions on
two sides of the same wall.
Framed inkjet prints, 21 x 21 in each.
Installed at corresponding positions on
two sides of the same wall.
Untitled translation exercise
1. Letters written by my father superimposed
with their English translation, placed on a window
(16 inkjet prints in 8 letter-sized clip frames)
2. Framed inkjet print (18 x 24 in)
Fabrications
Inkjet prints, ink drawings, wood, metal, glass,
fishing line, caster wheels.
A recreation of a camera as remembered
by one of its owners 40 years after using it.
Overall variable dimensions.
Inkjet prints, ink drawings, wood, metal, glass,
fishing line, caster wheels.
A recreation of a camera as remembered
by one of its owners 40 years after using it.
Overall variable dimensions.
Estudio Cinefotográfica Azteca I-IV
Framed photographic cut-outs from the archives
of Estudio Cinefotográfica Azteca, a former family-run photo studio in Tapachula, Mexico.
15 x 20 in each.
Framed photographic cut-outs from the archives
of Estudio Cinefotográfica Azteca, a former family-run photo studio in Tapachula, Mexico.
15 x 20 in each.
Birds dream of singing
A series of concerts performed by musicians
sleeping together.
Comissioned by Festival Santa Lucía, Monterrey.
Platform designed and built by Estudio Núñez-Zapata.
A series of concerts performed by musicians
sleeping together.
Comissioned by Festival Santa Lucía, Monterrey.
Platform designed and built by Estudio Núñez-Zapata.
Pond
Photographs of a house’s floors, metal tray, water,
found lattices and cauldron.
Made in-situ for artist-run space Biquini Wax,
Mexico City.
Photographs of a house’s floors, metal tray, water,
found lattices and cauldron.
Made in-situ for artist-run space Biquini Wax,
Mexico City.
It is an hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow
Mirror, paint, wood structure, sunlight, framed
and unframed inkjet prints.
Overall dimensions variable.
Mirror, paint, wood structure, sunlight, framed
and unframed inkjet prints.
Overall dimensions variable.
Or untitled
Monologue (approx. 30 min), benches, photograph, plinth, modified light switches.
Performed during the transition from light to dark.
Monologue (approx. 30 min), benches, photograph, plinth, modified light switches.
Performed during the transition from light to dark.
Memorama
HD video, loop, 9:23 min
HD video, loop, 9:23 min