Public Project
Siempre estuvimos aquí / We were always here
Proyecto en proceso
Siempre estuvimos aquí es un proyecto fotográfico que investiga visualmente en conjunto de la relatoria oral la raíz africana que llegó en la épica colonial a México.
En la narrativa oficial del origen mexicano, persiste un discurso histórico del mestizaje que ha sido un instrumento narrativo de la política racista de blanqueamiento del estado. Sin embargo en la época contemporánea existen diferentes esfuerzos colectivos que han luchado por visibilizar el cambio de narrativa sobre todos los aportes que lxs afromexicanos hicieron para la construcción del estado nación que conocemos hoy, así, como reclamar derechos de esta población.
De esta forma, el proyecto participa del desentrañamiento de la invisibilidad y de la reconstrucción de la historia afromexicana. Siempre estuvimos aquí, es un esfuerzo de amplificación del legado de los ancestrxs y su descendencia.
Capítulo I
Es un capítulo de investigación, educativo y fotográfico sobre la memoria familiar de lxs afromexicanxs en Veracruz y Oaxaca en México.
Es una narración visual sobre las mujeres protagonistas de la lucha afromexicana contemporanea de la Costa Chica de Oaxaca y Guerrero.Capítulo III
Lugares memoria.
Epílogo
La sangre llama.
Es una narrativa de sentíres, preguntas y fotografías sobre las migraciones forzadas, la misoginia, el racismo, la violencia del estado, su relación y la construcción de la memoria personal de la artista tomando como punto de partida su afrodescendencia.
Ongoing
We Were Always Here is a photographic project visually investigating the African roots that arrived in Mexico during the colonial period.
In the official narrative of Mexican origin, there persists a historical discourse of miscegenation that has been a narrative instrument of the state's racist policy of whitening. However, in contemporary times there are different collective efforts that have struggled to make visible the change of narrative about all the contributions that Afro-Mexicans made to the construction of the nation-state we know today, as well as to claim the rights of this population.
In this way, the project participates in the unraveling of invisibility and the reconstruction of Afro-Mexican history. We Were Always Here is an effort to amplify the legacy of the ancestors and their Afro-Mexican descendants.
Chapter I
Afro-Mexican Album
It is a research, educational, and photographic chapter on the family memory of Afro-Mexicanxs in Veracruz and Oaxaca in Mexico.
Chapter II
Resistance
It is a visual narrative about the women protagonists of the contemporary Afro-Mexican struggle of the Costa Chica of Oaxaca and Guerrero.
Chapter III
Historical Dept.
Epilogue
Blood Summons
It is a narrative of feelings, questions, and photographs about forced migrations, misogyny, racism, state violence, their relationship, and the construction of the artist's memory, taking her Afro-descent as a starting point.
We Were Always Here is a photographic project visually investigating the African roots that arrived in Mexico during the colonial period.
In the official narrative of Mexican origin, there persists a historical discourse of miscegenation that has been a narrative instrument of the state's racist policy of whitening. However, in contemporary times there are different collective efforts that have struggled to make visible the change of narrative about all the contributions that Afro-Mexicans made to the construction of the nation-state we know today, as well as to claim the rights of this population.
In this way, the project participates in the unraveling of invisibility and the reconstruction of Afro-Mexican history. We Were Always Here is an effort to amplify the legacy of the ancestors and their Afro-Mexican descendants.
Chapter I
Afro-Mexican Album
It is a research, educational, and photographic chapter on the family memory of Afro-Mexicanxs in Veracruz and Oaxaca in Mexico.
Chapter II
Resistance
It is a visual narrative about the women protagonists of the contemporary Afro-Mexican struggle of the Costa Chica of Oaxaca and Guerrero.
Chapter III
Historical Dept.
Epilogue
Blood Summons
It is a narrative of feelings, questions, and photographs about forced migrations, misogyny, racism, state violence, their relationship, and the construction of the artist's memory, taking her Afro-descent as a starting point.
Exhibitions Views
Visibility & Resistance, a new collection of contemporary Afro-Mexican photography at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City.Interviews about the project
Afro-Descendants In Mexico: “We Were Always Here" on C& Latina America
Unveiling Afro-Mexican Celebrations as a Mark of Freedom on PhMuseumEntrevista en Vist Projects
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