I recently tidied up the desktop of my computer. Whilst sifting through the numerous folders I gathered related to my project on curation and tastemaking in Mexico, I found a number of images that I had compiled in 2010 when carrying out early research. This is a mini-archive that creates digital material traces of the…
Category: Tenochtitlan
Coincidence and Curation Part II: The Liverpool Biennial, HUO and Agnès Varda
On Friday 13th July, I had the privilege of seeing Agnès Varda being interviewed by Hans Ulrich Obrist (HUO). The interview is now available online. They are both seasoned interviewer/interviewees and this was evident in the interaction. She is delightful, highly articulate, and gave fascinating responses to the questions. He was warm, careful, and attentive…
Revolution and Rebellion in Mexican Film
I’m delighted to announce that my monograph, Revolution and Rebellion in Mexican Film is out. The final cover image is slightly altered from the alternatives posted here some months ago. Here it is: To find out more about the book, click here: http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/revolution-and-rebellion-in-mexican-film-9781441168122/. Read, share and enjoy.
Juana in a Million programme notes
I posted about the performance Juana in a Million here. On the back of that I was thrilled when Vicky Araico Casas got in touch and asked me to write some programme notes for her tour around the UK. Here is the programme, it has a comprehensive array of material: and, here are my…
WiSPS Write Day
I put up an account of the WiSPS Write Day on Storify. It can be read here.
This World is My Place
I am co-editing ‘This World is My Place’: International Perspectives on Chicana/o Studies with Catherine Leen, NUI, Maynooth. The introduction is completed and we are awaiting the final versions of the contributors’ chapters. I have just finished reading Catherine’s chapter and it is an insightful comparison between Irish and Chicana artists who use religious iconography…
Mexican home movies from the 1930s
Here’s a link to rare Mexican home movies: http://blog.aaa.si.edu/2012/08/hirsch-rogo-home-movies.html. I came across the link on the Amateur Cinema Studies Network blog.
Tenochtitlan
Melvyn Bragg and guests talk about the siege of Tenochtitlan (site of modern day Mexico City): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016924x