A series of photographs taken in Mexico City after the National Guard was deployed to metro stations in the wake of another deadly subway crash.
Author: mate0vargas
día de muertos
marfa
el paso – ciudad juarez
“Interstice” Exhibition by The Residency Project at MOTOR L.A.
Some photo documentation of the group exhibition “Interstice” by The Residency Project at MOTOR L.A. – My video art piece “Una Separación” was part of the film program. The show ran from August 24-31, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
“Lumbung Lounge”: Installation at Kulturbahnhof in Kassel – documenta fifteen
My new video art piece Algún día caerá is currently featured as a video installation in the screening integrated in the Lumbung Lounge installation, a project by Guerilla Architects and Along the Lines, at the Stellwerk Galerie, in Kulturbahnhof, Kassel, Germany from July 22nd through July 30th, in parallel to documenta fifteen. Below are some images from the exhibition.
“Through the installation Lumbung Lounge, the exhibition space of the Stellwerk Galerie in the Kulturbahnhof in Kassel will be brought back to its original state: a public waiting room. Via the installation work by Along the Lines and Guerilla Architects, the public is invited to engage with the topic of waiting as a collective moment. Can a collectively used space inspire experimentation with new forms of togetherness?”
Below are some images from the exhibition. Photography: Natalia Irina Roman
quintana road
quintana road, san antonio, texas (2022)
Photography documenting the community memorial to the 53 migrants who lost their life in a trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas on June 27, 2022. 67 people were locked up inside an abandoned trailer without water or air conditioning for at least 4 hours in the middle of a heatwave in Texas, with temperatures reaching 114ºF (46ºC). It is believed to be one of the worst migration tragedies in U.S. history.
robb elementary
robb elementary, uvalde, texas (2022)
Photography documenting the community memorial to the victims of the school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas that took place on May 24, 2022. 19 students and 2 teachers were gunned down and killed by an armed shooter while Uvalde police waited over 1 hour in the hallways of the school and never entered the classrooms while preventing parents from attempting to rescue their children.
aid for ukraine
aid for ukraine, texas (2022)
Street photography taken during the coronavirus pandemic amidst the Biden administration’s unprecedented delivery of over $55+ billion in aid/weapons to prolong the armed conflict in Ukraine. The United States has an estimated homeless population of over half a million people.
“¿Y ahora qué? Experiencias de la cotidianidad migrante” Exposición
Algún día caerá, 2022, 15:33, digital video, color
My new art piece Algún día caerá is currently featured as a video installation in Madrid, Spain at ABM Confecciones space. It is part of a group exhibition centered around migration entitled “¿Y ahora qué? Experiencias de la cotidianidad migrante”. The show is on display from June 3-12, 2022. Below is my video piece followed by some images from the exhibition.
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