Stills from Rinxui (In the Night).
Stills from Rinxui (In the Night).
Stills from Rinxui (In the Night).
Stills from Rinxui (In the Night).
Stills from Rinxui (In the Night).
Stills from Rinxui (In the Night).
Stills from Rinxui (In the Night).
Stills from Rinxui (In the Night).
Stills from Rinxui (In the Night).
Stills from Rinxui (In the Night).
Two-channel HD video, 4-channel sound (double stereo) 15’
Filmed in collaboration with the Hñähñu community of El Alberto, Hidalgo, Rinxui (In the Night) draws on the collective’s long-running reenactment of the U.S. border crossing, the Caminata nocturna (Night Walk), staged as both a tourist attraction and a community-led act of awareness. Captured entirely with night-vision cameras, the work underscores the surveillance and harassment migrants face, while reframing the performance as a radical exercise in communal memory and resistance.
Sculptural installation
Papier-mâché, fiberglass, reed, fluorescent paint, rotary mechanism
Sculptural installation
Papier-mâché, fiberglass, reed, fluorescent paint, rotary mechanism
Sculptural installation
Papier-mâché, fiberglass, reed, fluorescent paint, rotary mechanism
Sculptural installation
Papier-mâché, fiberglass, reed, fluorescent paint, rotary mechanism
Sculptural installation
Papier-mâché, fiberglass, reed, fluorescent paint, rotary mechanism
Exhibited alongside the video, Enchanted Landscape features rotating sculptures made with the Artsumex collective in Tultepec. Crafted with woven reed, papier-mâché, fluorescent pigments, and UV light, the works evoke the green hues of night-vision optics and the flora, fauna, and military technology of the borderlands. Native desert species, a handcrafted drone, and a laser-cut patrol truck merge artisanal tradition with imagery of control and migration.
Credits:
Videoinstallation
Direction: Adela Goldbard; Production: Adela Goldbard, Nina Andrea Juárez;
Field Production: Ivonne Castillo Hernández, Eugenio Cruz García, Federico Agustín Santiago, Francisco Ramón García;
Cinematography: Demián Barba;
Camera: Demián Barba, Mario Arturo Amaro Poot, José Solé;
Sound: Diego Martínez, Leo Santiago;
Sound Design: Suplex Estudio;
Editing: Cuautli Morales Montejo, Israel Santamaría;
Color: Miguel Escudero, Constanza Moctezuma;
Subtitles: Cuautli Morales Montejo;
Acting Coach: Waldo Facco;
Cast: members of the El Alberto Hñiihñu community: Heriberto Agustín García, Miguel Agustín, Alfredo Bautista García, José Castro, Eugenio Cruz García, Gerardo Cruz García, J. Concepción García, Francisco Ramón García, Federico Agustín Santiago, Genaro García Guerrero, Heriberto García Guerrero, Juan García, Leticia García, Jesús Martín Agustín, German Martín Bautista, Benito Martín Oliva, Antonio Oliva Morales, Enrique Reyes Jerónimo, Roberto Sanjuan, Rubén Santiago, Mario Simón Pedro, Víctor Pérez Quezada.
Sculptural Installation
Artsumex Collective: Jesús Sanabria Urban, Amauri Rafael Sanabria Urban, Levi Urbán Hernández, Itzel Urbán Hernández, Jan Martín Alejandro Castillo Cortes, Eli Benjamín Cuateta Falcan, Mercado Rodríguez Atzin Alain, Sinahi Solano Montes, Natividad de María Sanabria Urban, Eduardo Pérez Morales, José Andrés Solano Sánchez, Emilio Gallardo Esparza, Elizabeth Bautista Marín.