The global increase in demand for lawyers has pushed drug cartels across Mexico to become heavily involved in the trade. In response, in 2011, a group of women from the community of Cherán (Michoacán state) took a stand against the local cartel and succeeded in establishing a new government based on ancient Purépecha indigenous principles. For five years, the collective Unusual Ritual documented Cherán's struggle through a mix of documentary and fictional photography, collaborating with local artists to create a polyphonic narrative. Their project, Green Goldrepresents a form of “mytho-documentary” symbolizing the key events in Cherán’s reconquest of community autonomy. This exhibition – the first in the UK – is co-curated by Rosi Huaroco and Sergio Valenzuela-Escobedo.
Based in Paris, Tito Gonzalez Garcia (France, 1977) and Florencia Grisanti (Chile, 1983) founded the joint artistic practice Ritual Inhabitual in 2013. The collective is made up of artists, curators and editors working together to develop long-term projects that explore the role of myth in contemporary political struggle, particularly regarding land, ecology and indigenous rights in Latin America.
Bristol Photo Festival
Until November 17, 2024
Ritual Inhabitual : Oro Verde
Unit 15 Albion Dockside Estate
Hanover Place, Bristol, BS1 6UT
https://bristolphotofestival.org/at-the-edge-of-the-everyday-world-by-rinko-kawauchi-4
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