Nuevos Vientos, the Festival of New Winds was an international gathering celebrating art, community organizing, and culture in Ecatepec, a commuter town outside Mexico DF.In October, 2008 I assisted fourteen artists in traveling to Ecatepec. We visited community centers, provided accessible art workshops, installations, and murals in local community spaces.
In 1968 Jimmy Smith and Jon Carlos were medalists in the 200 meter Track Sprint at the Mexico Olympics. October was the fourty year anniversary of their freedom stance on the podium, infront of Mexico, Public Media Broadcasts, and the world.
I screen printed life size silouettes of the two Olympians in their historic pose. The images cut out on butcher paper, were wheat paste installed throughout the Mexico DF, Festivales Del Nuevos Vientos, and El Museo Municipales. The two figures presence at the festival sparked conversations about the fourty years of struggle and activism since 1968, the significance of solidarity world wide with the Zapatista movement, and how this work must continue in the future.
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