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The Invisible Limit
with Artist-in-Residence: Nahomi Ximénez & Omar Pimienta
Residency dates: 02/27-03/11
Event date: Thursday, March 8, 2007, 7:30 @ Playas
This piece is born of my memory of the constant trips to Rio Grande City, the American border town of Texas where my mother was born. I have printed in my memory, the image of the Monarch butterflies crashing against the windshield of the car during the season of its migration to the center of Mexico. It is the image of hundreds of butterflies flying opposite to our direction and hitting this invisible limit that attacked them with speed.
They left their colors in this translucent wall, they did not matter because they were many, small compared us and they could not speak. Many of them were left behind in their journey, inert on the side of the highway.
All the borders are invisible, we have created them, these limits are physical and emotional. The walls in their structure are stronger than a fence, but not impossible when he is vital for the person, to jump them.
For the Aztecs, the butterflies were those that transported the soul of the warriors, so perhaps Mexicans today search to conclude part of their journey in a side that belonged to our ancestors.
We have made such an effort in building limits that we have put bars on the sea, there, where this wall ends, is where I want to project the piece. The projection is a recreation of my memory, that intensifies the sound of the butterflies crashing against its invisible limit.
Also featuring:
La Linea
Pepe Vazquez
Armata Caballero
Mariana Martinez
Clickaphoto
Nahomi Ximénez
Nahomi Ximenez (1979) is a Mexican-American visual artist born in Monterrey and living and working in Havana Cuba. She works with installation and 3-dimensional media
El límite invisible
con el artista resisdente: Nahomi Ximénez con Omar Pimienta
Fechas de talleres: 15/3 – 18/3 (para detaller leer a continuación)
Inauguración: Marzo 24, 2007. 8-11 pm
Esta pieza nace de mi memoria de viaje, de los constantes viajes a Rio Grande, el pueblo fronterizo Americano en Texas donde nació mi madre. Tengo grabada la imágen de las mariposas monarcar chocando contra el parabrisas del coche durante la temporada de su migración al centro de México. Es la imágen de cientos de mariposas volando contrarias a nuestra dirección y chocando con este límite invisible que las agredía con velocidad.
Quedaban sus colores en este muro traslúcido, no importaban porque eran muchas y eran pequeñas comparadas a nosotros y no podían hablar. Eran unas de las muchas que quedaban en el trayecto, inertes a lado de la carretera.
Todas las fronteras son invisibles, las hemos creado nosotros, los limites son fisicos y emocionales. Los muros en su estructura son más fuertes que las bardas pero no inviolables cuando es vital para la persona, saltarlos.
Para los aztecas, las mariposas eran las que transportaban el alma de los guerreros, tal vez los mexicanos hoy en dia solo buscan concluir parte del viaje en un lado que pertenecìa a nuestros antepasados.
Tanto nos hemos afanado en construir limites que hemos enrejado el mar, ahi, donde termina este muro, es donde quiero proyectar la pieza. La proyección es una recreación de mi memoria, que intensifica el sonido de las mariposas chocando contra su limite invisible.
Also featuring:
La Linea
Pepe Vazquez
Armata Caballero
Mariana Martinez
Clickaphoto
Nahomi Ximénez PLEASE TRANSLATE!)
Nahomi Ximenez (1979) es una artista visual nacida en Monterrey
que actualmente vive y trabaja en La Havana ,Cuba. Desarrolla su obra en los medios de la instalacion y la tridimensionalidad.
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Located in Tijuana, Mexico, Lui Velazquez facilitates critical perspectives on contemporary cross-disciplinary issues, practices and events by inviting artists, producers and others to participate in short-term residencies. In addition to a regional portfolio registry, Lui also maintains a film and video archive accessible for viewing and curating.