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Maravatío ReSounding
Maravatío, Michoacán, México
| October 2008
The Collective
Gaelyn, Gustavo, Laura, Mari, soNu, Juan, Daniel, Paulina, Emmanuel, Israel
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What Happened
Inspired by Situationist International and the psycho-geographical movement of the 1960s, Maravatío ReSounding began as a workshop that brought together a collective of individuals interested in identifying the multitude of historical, social, and personal layers/narratives of Maravatío. Tapping into the conceptual impulse behind derive (the act of dropping ones usual motivation for movement and action in order to (re)discover space and place) we took GPS coordinates of three sites in Akron, Ohio where Mexican transnationals gather, and transposed them onto a map of Maravatío in order to build interconnections among geophysical, political, and social relationships. As we walked our remapped route, we interacted with whomever/whatever we encountered, and documented what we experienced through a range of media.
The Route
Snapshots
Rhizomes
Since our initial collaboration in Maravatío, Tug has created an interactive, multi-media performative talk about senses of place that will be published early 2010 on AcousticLeviation.org. Other rhizomes are in the works for 2010.
Links
Coming soon!
