Ana
González
Barragán
WORKIntimacy with a (non) site
Ungrounding
Untangle
Unearthing
production/reproduction
Sobre(in)visible
600 kg
Espejos
Obsidian Pulse
Autodefensa
Inframundo
PHOTOS
Cielo
Fuego
Teotihuacán
C0
Naturaleza
SD del R
Rio Colorado
Vtec
Llantas
Estacionamiento
Undervisibility
Faros
Detalles
Info
Instagram
Inframundo
Amidst the Mexica society cosmovision, the universe was divided and organized through two levels: a vertical and a horizontal one. While the first one was composed of the overworld and the underworld, ––where land was conceived as a departure point to either ascend or descend––; the horizontal one, had the ability to traverse and connect both terrains. Inframundo is a sculpture that aims to inhabit the two worlds. It invokes the mythological journey to Mictlan ––or the Aztec underworld–– which consisted of a long trip for dead people comprising nine levels full of obstacles in order to achieve eternal rest. Distinctly, one of the levels consists of an obsidian mountain that must be crossed. The sculpture conjures a long and dangerous journey embedded in the simplicity of an object that, for a moment, is capable of containing the mystery of afterlife.