DesignWeek
Chairs from Los Tejedores
Religion
Cemetery, Mixteca, MXChurch, Mexico CityAltar under construction, OaxacaPacal, Chiapas, MXJesus, Tijuana, MXCemetery tumb, Mixteca, MXTumb, Mixteca, MXChurch, San Lorenzo, MX
Sequence Rugs
(Process)
Smoking
Clay
Leticia and Leopoldo smoking the Woman Arms Series
Patterns
&
Form
Documented between 2016 and 2024, these photos documents architectural anomalies observed around my travels. The images serve as a primary source of inspiration for the 'Land' rug collection. Structures featured exhibit unconventional design principles, often appearing incongruous with their immediate environment. This visual record examines the spectrum of architectural expression, from austere modernism to idiosyncratic forms, highlighting deviations from established norms."
Church, Bacalar, MexicoCasino, OregonStreet trash, NYBuilding, Mexico CityBuilding, RomeHouse, Bacalar, MexicoVeterinarian, Oaxaca, MexicoBuilding, Reykjavik Building, ReykjavikBuilding, Tijuana, MexicoPower Plant, Portland, ORCementery, Santo Domingo, DR
Sonido
Series
Cumbia is a musical genre that was born in Latin America, originally in what is now Colombia, from the syncretism of three different cultures: people from the African continent, the indigenous natives of the region (both peoples in conditions of slavery), and the Spanish colonizers. Each one contributed different instruments and sounds in the case of African and indigenous cultures, and on the colonizer's side, the songs and lyrics.
Through instruments such as African drums, the indigenous gaita flute, and the güiro, the first sounds of this new genre originated. Cumbia quickly became popular throughout Latin America, in some countries more than others, such as Peru, Argentina, Panama and Mexico. It did not become popular in the whole society, but in the humblest strata or niches of society, in popular or marginal neighborhoods; also because this musical genre from its origin is loaded with this stigma of music belonging to the proletariat, to the poor, a genre traditionally marginalized and labeled as music in bad taste. This is due to the constant Eurocentrism with which everything that arrives or is brought from Europe or the United States has always been seen with a better eye.
Cumbia began to become popular in Mexico in the early 1930s, when a strong musical wave arrived mainly from Colombia. It was very well received and soon became popular in the poorest sector of society, mainly in Mexico City and Monterrey. One of the great platforms for cumbia to become popular more quickly in our country was the Sonideros (Sound Systems), a socio-cultural phenomenon that has taken root in the large cities of our country.
Sonideros in Mexico City Andres LanderoSonideros in Mexico City Sound System 1Sound System 2Sound System 3 SoniderosSound System 4
Clay
Process
Leticia Alarcon and Leopoldo Eliodoro have been working together as a couple for more than 30 years. Every part of their process is handmade from collecting the clay and processing to firing the kiln and keeping it running.