Chain of Command

Chain of Command

THE NEW GODS

Every year Carillo Puerto, a small village isolated in the mountains of southern Mexico, becomes the set of an unusual celebration. The village has developed through the years its own unique version of the well-known Mexican tradition consisting in re-enacting Jesus’ procession and crucifixion on Holy Fridays. Whilst everywhere else it is a day of mourning, Carillo Puerto - on the contrary - is taken over by a surreal and poetic theater of the absurd, where unconventional masquerade runs the street in a chaotic madness.

Rooted in an amalgam of religious beliefs, local and popular culture, pagan traditions and personal mythologies, the homemade costumes and characters become a microcosm of specific roles and interaction in contemporary society as well as revealing individual desires to personify someone/something else.

The New Gods is a larger art project that includes photographs and sculptures. The project is a collaboration between Mexican artist Alejandro Garcia Contreras and Canadian artist Josée Pedneault.

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francesco pariset
10 years ago
love this
Txema    Novelo
10 years ago
Txema Novelo Artist, Installation artist, Video artist
Great!
Txema    Novelo
10 years ago
Txema Novelo Artist, Installation artist, Video artist
Great!
Suzan a1qq Hijab
11 years ago
sweet

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