- Editorial:
- PITZILEIN BOOKS
- Año de edición:
- 2019
- Materia:
- Inclasificables
- ISBN:
- 978-607-96389-9-3
- Páginas:
- 414
ENCICLOPEDIA DE COSAS VIVAS Y MUERTAS: EL LAGO DE TEXCOCO
EL LAGO DE TEXCOCO
SALAZAR VELEZ, ADRIANA
A book that accounts for the multiple transformations of the largest lake in the central Mexico basin. This lagoon was desiccated over centuries, following the Spanish conquest. Through an experimental use of the text and a critical appropriation of a knowledge methodology, this encyclopedia re-interprets the lake as an entanglement of human agents, non-human elements, fragments, and temporalities. "East of Mexico City there is a lake that lost its water more than 40 years ago and is still called a lake. Its name is wrongly stated every time he appears in the national newspapers, or when its written on the road signs on the side of the road that crosses it today. It is not called "territory": it is always called "lake" despite being dry and populated with a different materiality". Thus begins this story that weaves together the condition of a lake eaten by Mexico City. The urban, archaeological and historical perspectives that Adriana Salazar investigated for five years are found in this book, cataloged and described as if they were a forgotten vestige. The Encyclopedia is revealed to us as a story hidden among the rubble, it challenges us from its salt, from the asphalt and from its materials now as waste. Encyclopedia of Living and Dead Things is also a new look at Mexico City and its surroundings. Author Adriana Salazar is a Colombian artist based in Mexico. Her work is transdisciplinary, collaborative and research-oriented. It identifies certain entanglements between nature and culture within Latin American cities--Información proporcionada por el editor.
