INTRODUCTION
Curious.
Lifelong learner.
Active member
of communities.
I work at the intersection of design, art and collective processes. I am interested in what we take as neutral and is not: the categories, the tools, the systems of representation we use to tell the world. In design, I work with third sector organisations on visual strategy and the facilitation of creative processes around climate crisis, decolonisation, radical redistribution, governance, technopolitics and power (pleasure included!). In art, I run workshops, make publications and take part in residencies exploring world-building, methodologies of creative interruption and political archiving. In both practices I am interested in getting closer to a world where many worlds fit, and where I can help sustain it.
I was born in Tabasco, grew up in Mexico City and now I live in Valencia, Spain. I'm inspired by the Global South as territories of celebration and resistance — Oaxaca, hammocks, mango season — as well as the world of fungi, techno, ambient and cumbia. Voices that resonate with me: Arturo Escobar, Brian Eno, Donna Haraway, Isaura Leonardo, Yásnaya E. Gil, Federico Campagna.
When I'm not designing or running workshops, I'm cycling, eating a mango, dancing, swimming, taking a nap...
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Reading
This is a mirror, Likana Cana,
An exploration book.
Autonomy and Design, Arturo Escobar,
Explores civilizational transitions, autonomy, and communal design as key strategies for reimagining societies beyond state intervention. These are the main themes of the book: civilizational transitions, the ontological approach, design for transitions, and the relationship between autonomy, design, and communal logics that lie at the heart of people's struggles.
¿Nunca más un México sin nosotros?, Yásnaya Elena A. Gil,
One of the theses the author proposes to reimagine México is this: after the dismantling of nationalist discourses and practices, there remains a confederation of autonomous communities capable of managing communal life without state institutions' intervention.
Utopia for the Elites, Dystopia for the Masses, Layla Martínez,
The stumbles in the space race by Silicon Valley's visionary billionaires do not lessen the gravity of the ideology behind these projects of private space conquest.
A Year with Swollen Appendices, Brian Eno,
The first part is a diary covering the year 1995, the second part, the 'swollen appendices' of the title is a collection of essays, short stories and correspondence. It was re-released with a new introduction by the author in 2021.
Silence. Lectures and writtings, John Cage,
Silence is a collection of essays and lectures Cage wrote during the period from 1939 to 1961.
This interview with Tim Ingold by Hugo Sir,
"Rather than thinking about the 'digital posthuman', we should be thinking about the 'postdigital human'. And that means we should be constantly asking ourselves: how can we become good ancestors for those who come after us?"
This Brian Eno's article,
In 1996 Eno accused art criticism of being confusing, marginal and unable to offer a coherent argument for art's existence. Still relevant.
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,
Zuboff names the model that turns human experience into data for predicting and modifying behaviour. What gets sold isn't you: it's your future behaviour.
In Defense of the Poor Image,
Hito Steyerl makes the case for the degraded image: the compressed, pixelated, ripped copy, the one that circulates precisely because it lost quality. Her argument is that images have a class society, and that high resolution is not neutral: it guards what has an owner, while the experimental and the political survive in low quality, passed from hand to hand. The poor image trades aura for circulation, and that is its form of resistance.
Between the Lines, Zsofi Valyi-Nagy (Artforum, 2024),
Vera Molnar died at ninety-nine as a pioneer of computer art, and her strangest gesture came before she had a computer at all: the machine imaginaire, algorithms she executed by hand using dice and phone-book digits to get her own decisions out of the way. Valyi-Nagy revives a 1970s Tektronix to reconstruct the process behind "Lettres de ma mère", where Molnar programmed a simulation of her dead mother's handwriting: pages of asemic writing that look like text and say nothing. Against the idea that the machine makes the work, Molnar held that the computer is an interlocutor, and that some decisions it simply cannot make.
Loles Méndez's blog,
Indio Yori (Yoreme/Ódami). Auditor of Algorithmic Integrity and Cognitive Sovereignty. Creator of the MCC Method. CLACSO researcher. Founder of FronterIA-Lab.
Listening
Un sueño largo, ancho y hondo,
A schizoid monologue exploring culture and fire through an anarchic, small-town lens.
Rico y bonito,
A space where sexologist César Galicia and journalist Paola Aguilar, who are also a couple, reflect and rethink the ways we love, have sex, and relate. They discuss topics such as non-monogamy, jealousy, sexuality, and adult friendships, exploring new forms of love, tenderness, and pleasure.
Salud mental para el fin del mundo,
Topics such as the affective revolution, liberation psychology, and emotional inequality are discussed, offering critical perspectives and tools for emotional well-being in times of uncertainty.
El club de fans del planeta tierra
A podcast about caring for Earth—the most fascinating planet we know of. This is the planet that writes the best music, puts on the best concerts, and has the most stunning choreography.
Humo
Signals for other possible worlds is a podcast featuring conversations between Pablo Montaño, Yásnaya Aguilar, and Carlos Tornell, along with various guests. It seeks to reflect on the evident failure of the international community, states, and corporations to address the climate crisis, pointing to the fact that global warming is a symptom of the collapse of capitalist modernity (capitalism aided by a colonial and patriarchal enterprise). The podcast argues that alternatives toward a less heated future will only be viable from worlds beyond capitalism.
“In a Land of Clear Colours”
Speculative science fiction sound piece created by Robert Sheckley and Brian Eno. It blends spoken narration, musical ambience, and immersive sound textures to immerse us in an imaginary world where the sensory and the narrative intertwine. It’s a contemplative, poetic, and strangely moving listening experience—ideal for those who enjoy slow, philosophical stories rich in atmosphere. Perfect for listening with headphones and letting yourself drift.
Overmorrow’s Library,
Federico Campagna, from the Centre d'Art Contemporain in Geneva, builds a library for "the day after tomorrow": each episode takes on a book that wrestles with world-making, with the end-time of a world, or with what lies outside any world at all. Mysticism, politics, mythology, philosophy and video-game design on the same shelves.
La Casa Que no Tenemos,
Darío Sztajnszrajber and Soledad Barruti start from an uncomfortable idea: perhaps the tragedy of our time is that it left us without questions before it left us without answers. The house has no walls, and the conversations allow themselves the intimacy of thinking out loud without arriving anywhere.t
Alegría Emergente,
Collective reflection in sound, towards building a militancy that is creative, flexible and experimental.
Futuros indígenas,
Sound capsules from the Futuros Indígenas network, narrative resistance from more than twenty Indigenous peoples facing the climate crisis. They come out of collective labs with activists from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico. They last minutes and they don't explain: they tell the land and the water from the inside, on the premise that the alternatives to the crisis already exist and are alive.
Historia Chiquita,
History made by historians for people who aren't. Sari Benítez tells the story of Mexico and the world from the conviction that narrating is not collecting dates, and that gossip and everyday talk also build collective memory.
Watching
How to with John Wilson,
Even if you think you’ve got it all figured out, there’s a million ways to get it wrong. How To with John Wilson, it’s a docu-comedy.
Anne with a E,
A period drama loosely adapted from Lucy Maud Montgomery's 1908 classic children's book, Anne of Green Gables.
Linda Linda Linda,
A group of girls forms a band for their school festival, facing friendship and musical challenges.
The Scent of Green Papaya,
A subtle and poetic journey of growth and healing, symbolized through colors, toads, and broken vases. The film delicately portrays grief, love, and maturity through the life of Mui, a young servant whose presence brings transformation and hope to a family burdened by regret and heartbreak.
Atlanta,
Atlanta blends captivating drama with absurd humor, balancing gritty realism and surrealism. Through Earn's struggles with poverty and fatherhood, the show explores grounded characters amid fantastical situations that constantly shift tone and perspective.
Drive my car,
A widowed actor and a young chauffeur develop a deep, unexpected bond in Hiroshima, as they confront grief, healing, and self-discovery.
A Poet,
An aging poet finds purpose mentoring Yurlady, a talented teen, though exposing her to the poetry scene might be unwise. His own poetic pursuits led nowhere, leaving him a stereotypical obscure writer.
My Favorite Cake,
Seventy-year-old Mahin, solitary until now, chooses to revive her love life. A chance encounter becomes an unforgettable evening.
Close-Up,
The true story of Hossain Sabzian, a cinephile who impersonated the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf to convince a family they would star in his so-called new film.
I'm not longer here,
The film follows the journey of Ulises Samperio, a 17-year-old Mexican who, after a misunderstanding with members of a local cartel, is forced to emigrate to the United States, leaving behind what defines him most.
Toloriu,
Five hundred years ago Joan de Grau, Baron de Toloriu, went to conquer distant lands and on his return he brought Xipahuatzin, an Aztec princess. This is a trip to find the traces of that legend. Do we exist beyond the storieswe tell?
Sueño en otro idioma,
Cuando un idioma muere, una visión del mundo se pierde para siempre.
Evangelion,
Indescribable, but this piece by César Galicia (spoilers) goes deeper into explaining it.
ros's blog
I'm not going to say more.