TRACES
HD Video, 9:30 min, 2018, Mexico/Germany, Nahuatl with english subtitles
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In the aztec myth of creation, the legend of the fifth sun, time is divided in five eras. The fifth era, where we live now, has a sun whose characteristic is that it moves, giving the name to our era of the era of movement.
Taking off from this legend, the video work reflects on the origin of humanity, our time on earth and our current course. Showing the remaining traces of an extinct civilization, white confronting an old wisdom with images of the actual world.
In the work, the legend is told on the original language, which is close to extinction; a country side landscape as introduction, followed by a series of images of archeological sites of the aztec culture, to end up with images of Mexico today.
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