https://mesostudio.net MESO Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:08:13 +0000 https://mesostudio.net en https://mesostudio.net/Mobile-Menu Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:41:51 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/Mobile-Menu LEYENDA ◊ Ceyó // XOLJAL Pedagogical Projects Undocumented Archives Mesofuturos ArtifactsPrint https://mesostudio.net/Leyenda Mon, 10 Jan 2022 23:57:51 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/Leyenda birth — inheritance — migration — severance — isolation — longing — remembrance — futuring — returning — always becoming&nbsp; I’ve been trying to remember distant, ancestral homelands, histories [and futures] that I can’t quite hold but await my reclamation. Ancestors, knowledges, communities carried in the unconscious inheritances passed through my family; pre-colonial vestiges holding out for the spotlight of memory, hungry to be given conscious life. Post-colonial timelines, yearning to be alchemized into our current timespace.&nbsp; <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62a849b59de74cd1f845d949158b2189fb6b78f16ed11691dd7382d00cd1233d/Oracle-Detail-2.jpg" data-mid="244939847" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62a849b59de74cd1f845d949158b2189fb6b78f16ed11691dd7382d00cd1233d/Oracle-Detail-2.jpg" /> https://mesostudio.net/Mobile-Header Mon, 10 Jan 2022 23:57:52 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/Mobile-Header LEYENDA ◊ josué.esaú.romero.velasquez.chaac.orion.sué Fabrication Contact CV website in progress <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50c7952abc76e9626475c8b90488033a9373ab8a2e234da229c1e38be9157762/IMG_0925.JPG" data-mid="199522108" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/50c7952abc76e9626475c8b90488033a9373ab8a2e234da229c1e38be9157762/IMG_0925.JPG" /> https://mesostudio.net/TEWICHIBAL Fri, 23 Feb 2024 22:37:38 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/TEWICHIBAL &nbsp; &nbsp; TEWICHIBAL, a blessing ritual for this newwork, an invitation to participants and ancestors alike to share space. Thank you to Jordan and Isra for invoking this blessing with me. https://mesostudio.net/Ceyo-XOLJAL Mon, 07 Mar 2022 04:18:25 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/Ceyo-XOLJAL <img width="6000" height="2856" width_o="6000" height_o="2856" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03a53dbea83272da05c9f160750ad8d01fbc3c7139bf3ff02ea7bb9bc8635f26/DSC06707-Pano-copy.jpg" data-mid="168600911" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/03a53dbea83272da05c9f160750ad8d01fbc3c7139bf3ff02ea7bb9bc8635f26/DSC06707-Pano-copy.jpg" />Xoljal/ the mesosphere: a space for maroons, for the energetic refugees, for the magicians and poets, lovers and hope-full romantics, the interlopers moving between dimensions, los vagabundos y los que siguen perdiéndose. Here is a place for rest and refuge, respite from hostile worlds that aren't made for us. Let this space cozy your dreams, your visions, your magic/ Xojowik/ aqui, bailan mis ancestros.&nbsp; In this space, we talk and play with our ancestors, and our inheritors. We eat together. We dance together. There are figures without faces, who offer warm greetings all the same, jasmächa’. They offer ancient, familiar food, they dress in exquisite fabrics and dance with confident grace. They are warriors, poets, scribes, astronomers, crafters, and everything in between/ The mesospace reverberates into this dimension, demanding manifestation, encoded through weaving, energetically mediated by copper, and materialized in garments/ <img width="2671" height="4642" width_o="2671" height_o="4642" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d1ee020e3097923af51bcc12e64e0fc79412cee0c277bca985e35d459541988/DSC06763-copy.jpg" data-mid="168687303" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d1ee020e3097923af51bcc12e64e0fc79412cee0c277bca985e35d459541988/DSC06763-copy.jpg" /> sutinaq — circleulew — land; soil; earth uxlab ulew — vapor from the earthuxlabal — soul, breath qajbal q’ij (n) west, in divination with the past tail — rhythmmul — time kem, kiem — weaving time is thick and palpable and pulsing. woven and swaying, speaking, listening. stretching, compressing, jagged, flowing. ordered and asymmetrical kach ch’ich — copper q’aq — fire, heat q’axanel — mediator; intermediary energy buzzes, tingling ling ling , hanging in the air and in your cells, grounded in celestial bronze chomal che’ — trunk jumetal che’ —&nbsp; bark k’amal che’ — root stern and rooted, swaying and dancing, swelling in laughter, ja’jatemal. Here we sing to the trees, Oyaaaa, que oigan, y que escuchen relibal q’ij — east, that which comes with the sun uxlabal — soul, breath uxlab ulew — vapor from the earth ulew — land; soil; earth sutinaq — circle <img width="7952" height="5304" width_o="7952" height_o="5304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/999bc5ec21f1c8469400837bfea445389552f392edf253e5f37bba0333e2f4e3/DSC06698.jpg" data-mid="168600466" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/999bc5ec21f1c8469400837bfea445389552f392edf253e5f37bba0333e2f4e3/DSC06698.jpg" /> <img width="5304" height="7952" width_o="5304" height_o="7952" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc78e75a5b85928bcca006225722ac77fe3a52151386d71819934cb526cfb0df/DSC06761.jpg" data-mid="169240933" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc78e75a5b85928bcca006225722ac77fe3a52151386d71819934cb526cfb0df/DSC06761.jpg" /> <img width="7952" height="5304" width_o="7952" height_o="5304" 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height_o="2179" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0609afc87b29224edec3ef24a8f6d8bc9f92095a329d3a40014f797453e1e79/ode-to-rhumboogie.jpeg" data-mid="244833535" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a0609afc87b29224edec3ef24a8f6d8bc9f92095a329d3a40014f797453e1e79/ode-to-rhumboogie.jpeg" />An ode to ancestral sound — in Chicago, and in the motherlands of Mesoamerica and Western Africa.&nbsp;“In celebration of Washington Park’s rich cultural heritage, we are excited to present “ode to rhumboogie,” an interactive sound sculpture that invites play, experimentation, and social connection. Created by Chicago artists Ebere Agwuncha, a transdisciplinary craftsperson [and fabricator], and Josué Esaú, a multidisciplinary fabricator, this installation draws inspiration from the historic Rhumboogie Cafe—a once-thriving jazz and blues club that stood where the Arts Lawn is located today.The design of “ode to rhumboogie” is influenced by stringed instruments from across the African diaspora, such as the Banjo, Berimbau, and Kora. The sculpture features woven strings, a wooden bridge, and a metallic gong that echo the architectural and musical legacy of the Rhumboogie stage. Crafted with willow threads and playable metal strings, the installation also includes an arch in vibrant shades of copper, green, brown, and black, inviting visitors to engage with the art in a truly unique way. “ode to rhumboogie” offers an opportunity to create your own melodies and rhythms by interacting with the strings and percussive elements.” <img width="4032" height="2319" width_o="4032" height_o="2319" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4be99cb1c5c9a4351cbfbcbc9fa22e1d82127c791dbda099ea6656168124e3ad/ode--front.jpeg" data-mid="244833544" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4be99cb1c5c9a4351cbfbcbc9fa22e1d82127c791dbda099ea6656168124e3ad/ode--front.jpeg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f71d986acdcdfa23be1e378b80198aae999d64d76d81dabe1fd714e2ee8460d7/ode--ben-scream.jpg" data-mid="244833542" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f71d986acdcdfa23be1e378b80198aae999d64d76d81dabe1fd714e2ee8460d7/ode--ben-scream.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f826c25128c63ed92341644366b23fa2700b81d85fb25a3ae747b72220edf252/ode-detail.jpg" data-mid="244833541" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f826c25128c63ed92341644366b23fa2700b81d85fb25a3ae747b72220edf252/ode-detail.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66073f6750c12aa1464fb42510bd7dd350aff948b76ffbcfd9e0251362c066b4/_LM_1405.jpg" data-mid="244833539" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/66073f6750c12aa1464fb42510bd7dd350aff948b76ffbcfd9e0251362c066b4/_LM_1405.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2efac12d0f9f805af06dffcfd7b71db1fa6cfebe891249f0a8335f2c5fa2336a/_LM_1400.jpg" data-mid="244833538" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2efac12d0f9f805af06dffcfd7b71db1fa6cfebe891249f0a8335f2c5fa2336a/_LM_1400.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dae86c5db26710f2c4eaa1e4f99355473ca5ef289fd52d44bdb1c28f182890d3/ode--Activation.jpg" data-mid="246939561" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dae86c5db26710f2c4eaa1e4f99355473ca5ef289fd52d44bdb1c28f182890d3/ode--Activation.jpg" /> Images by Natasha Moustache.&nbsp; https://mesostudio.net/ORACLE Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:08:13 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/ORACLE <img width="3498" height="5305" width_o="3498" height_o="5305" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84bc89f9e13174cf565cb8128b6b3be5768f6c256706975796347349c474a1d9/Oracle.jpg" data-mid="246939669" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/84bc89f9e13174cf565cb8128b6b3be5768f6c256706975796347349c474a1d9/Oracle.jpg" /> Your teachers are all around you All that you perceive All that you experience All that is given to you or taken from you All that you love or hate, need or fear Will teach you If youre willing to learn All successful life is adaptable, opportunistic, tenacious, interconnected and fecund. <img width="1451" height="3330" width_o="1451" height_o="3330" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/09261c20ffae93165c4350aae98c39148ec44576ddd87b8a298c63230c851ae9/Bartolo.jpg" data-mid="247108887" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/09261c20ffae93165c4350aae98c39148ec44576ddd87b8a298c63230c851ae9/Bartolo.jpg" /> Welcome everyone. I appreciate you all joining me for a little temporal excursion. My voice will be your guide through multiple spaces and times. This will be an exercise in expanding our sense of time, our ancestral empathy, our capacity to live in the future, the past and in our bodies simultaneously. We are a multigenerational organism. You might know history, know the events, the players, the facts, but do we feel history in our guts? Can we connect with the psychoemotional experience of our ancestors, when they were free, when they were enslaved ? How far do you dream? Can you feel liberation in your limbs ? Does it taste familiar? Can you witness the freedom of your descendants as your own? Can you dance with them? Do you respond to the bubbling mantle to shape the world? Or the anxiety that comes with its disfucntion? This abyss surrounds us everyday. What do you do with the darkness? We live in the heart of a genocidal war-bent empire, run by literal pedophiles prioritizing profit and resource accumulation at the expense of all life on the planet. This is not an isolated incident, but a natural progression to centuries of pillaging and subjugation. This mode of thinking must be understood as part of our humanity, a pattern that we have not yet learned how to address. It is easy to blame another, or throw up our hands in front of systems beyond our control. But there are other patterns held in our collective capacity. Resistance reverberates in our blood. It sings and dances and demands attention. This darkness is a moment, a painful moment, but we get to shape the humanity that we want. We shape whats possible. That is our mantle as artists, as a community, as a species. We deal in visions; we must expand the collective vision of whats possible. We must situate our awareness in the longest visions of history we can imagine. This expansive time-sense is not meant to be comforting. Change is not comfortable. Yet, change is the only constant. God is change. We shape god. All successful life is adaptable, opportunistic, tenacious, interconnected and fecund. <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b65953e9f4fbe6fd04b3713b2952cb8e1261977b57acf6b1e8d89d1ffdc391c5/Oracle--Altar.jpg" data-mid="246939681" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b65953e9f4fbe6fd04b3713b2952cb8e1261977b57acf6b1e8d89d1ffdc391c5/Oracle--Altar.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c09689913ca2776acd21cd2d4b016c247c61be88efac890f623e6e5ba3f9ec0/detail-1.jpg" data-mid="246939679" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c09689913ca2776acd21cd2d4b016c247c61be88efac890f623e6e5ba3f9ec0/detail-1.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49100ff6bafbea829720592c05700e22c4a1bd5528782cc80fe20933be0b8c12/260211_Center_Program_Exhibition_0972.jpg" data-mid="246939678" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49100ff6bafbea829720592c05700e22c4a1bd5528782cc80fe20933be0b8c12/260211_Center_Program_Exhibition_0972.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af23ca335cfb35413aabbc138234735bdc37bb7d60066f8fc9cc54b9137e6d36/Detail-3-.jpg" data-mid="246939680" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af23ca335cfb35413aabbc138234735bdc37bb7d60066f8fc9cc54b9137e6d36/Detail-3-.jpg" /> A culture that does not honor its ancestral dead Cannot imagine the future Cannot place itself in living present Dreaming is the vehicle of our ecological belonging, dreams belong to life Dreams and visions need an ecology in which to live and grow Dreams belong to life Prescience is a heavy blessing It demands discipline and healthy detachment A relinquishing of your desires and discernment of all possibility, those that bring salvation Those that bring us harm Selecting among agonies Whatever the price for liberation We will pass through consuming darkness realities indistinguishable from imaginations Hungering for absolutes that cannot be Security does not exist in nature The abyss remains Pregnant with everything yet to be Gentle violence, agonizing possibility All successful life is adaptable, opportunistic, tenacious, interconnected and fecund. <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c33efd7187356e25cbd1e9c60c7fcf33d500b266cd5313c29fafbef6ee97093/BF2F6A8A-4AFA-4F3A-902A-09C8C6DA9BDF_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="246941261" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c33efd7187356e25cbd1e9c60c7fcf33d500b266cd5313c29fafbef6ee97093/BF2F6A8A-4AFA-4F3A-902A-09C8C6DA9BDF_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e577b48af8505f2ac33f15c3375b0ede9ce01670e8fbc9d52ce8fcabd83bf2a/E008AD89-AF70-4C00-9E74-57F33D0DE7C5_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="246941269" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e577b48af8505f2ac33f15c3375b0ede9ce01670e8fbc9d52ce8fcabd83bf2a/E008AD89-AF70-4C00-9E74-57F33D0DE7C5_1_105_c.jpeg" /> Some Images by Jonathan Castillo, of artdocchicago. https://mesostudio.net/Undocumented-Archives Mon, 10 Jan 2022 23:57:50 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/Undocumented-Archives The Undocumented Archives recognizes the trauma of the border, both as a physical imposition proving treacherous for people that cross it, as well as psychological trap that castrates migrants of their culture, legacy and community. The project is a support process for facilitating immigrant families’ documentation of their own history, collected in the form of oral history and artifacts, organized into respective family archives. It invites a small cohort into a series of nodes introducing oral history, archival practice, and providing any support they may need to conduct this work. Showcased are my own familial archives, including an excerpt from the oral history sessions with my dad, as well as the guidebooks that were made with Jessica Neal, archivist and collaborator, which helped guide workshops with our first cohort in spring 2021. Click to view / download. Oral History Guide&nbsp; &nbsp; //&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Archiving Guide&nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c9adc97d1e8534798d142ba10131bcde919bda99827687720e1c8770a5b21830/_M2_7803.jpg" data-mid="132407045" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c9adc97d1e8534798d142ba10131bcde919bda99827687720e1c8770a5b21830/_M2_7803.jpg" /> <img width="576" height="1024" width_o="576" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ce245ba09865107537e18ab58cac7dc1fa7271845c943e0f448b121dcecc754/facebook_1644101477867_6895861405024574096_123089614908352.JPG" data-mid="135506654" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/576/i/5ce245ba09865107537e18ab58cac7dc1fa7271845c943e0f448b121dcecc754/facebook_1644101477867_6895861405024574096_123089614908352.JPG" /> <img width="558" height="767" width_o="558" height_o="767" 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height="4735" width_o="3119" height_o="4735" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3670c1d1a40f1cde195712dc7ca377b9bb6721e8a34be6b7d84ded4450e4e2ce/Arc031.jpg" data-mid="135510295" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3670c1d1a40f1cde195712dc7ca377b9bb6721e8a34be6b7d84ded4450e4e2ce/Arc031.jpg" /> <img width="4735" height="3119" width_o="4735" height_o="3119" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c602a6bf3331fc2dd4aefb3ed8350118ad529ac282e803d86f83dc340d0bd7cf/Arc020.jpg" data-mid="135508524" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c602a6bf3331fc2dd4aefb3ed8350118ad529ac282e803d86f83dc340d0bd7cf/Arc020.jpg" /> <img width="3119" height="4735" width_o="3119" height_o="4735" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5dd79978601f4d3a2efa7d1434c17a3f5bea70b2458c6a90f49e88cdd2c2f7a/Arc025.jpg" data-mid="135508456" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5dd79978601f4d3a2efa7d1434c17a3f5bea70b2458c6a90f49e88cdd2c2f7a/Arc025.jpg" /> <img width="499" height="1024" width_o="499" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de758e0429e80ea110881252e9360bdae13f70e0aff8786ddd4eb9882341fc70/20220205_181638.jpg" data-mid="135510345" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/499/i/de758e0429e80ea110881252e9360bdae13f70e0aff8786ddd4eb9882341fc70/20220205_181638.jpg" /> <img width="3618" height="2487" width_o="3618" height_o="2487" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13b3bb526ad3439f75cf3d3e2947c1a60409a256eb9dd6eafec3721dbef0b7f3/IMG_9490.jpg" data-mid="135510550" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/13b3bb526ad3439f75cf3d3e2947c1a60409a256eb9dd6eafec3721dbef0b7f3/IMG_9490.jpg" /> https://mesostudio.net/Mesofuturos-1 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 23:57:51 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/Mesofuturos-1 <img width="1170" height="879" width_o="1170" height_o="879" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e83ba1117c8ddb921f9f2e1196947f4a85734f24a06ea945fa16a4f56a2a6744/Caracol-diagram-BL.png" data-mid="247109167" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e83ba1117c8ddb921f9f2e1196947f4a85734f24a06ea945fa16a4f56a2a6744/Caracol-diagram-BL.png" /> RESEARCH // BLOG // ?? <img width="3305" height="3499" width_o="3305" height_o="3499" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c6fbb69bcf6d24953ca043e0324532cfb743e0f0fb0e791ef4fbd86412e152f/XOLJAL.png" data-mid="151675622" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c6fbb69bcf6d24953ca043e0324532cfb743e0f0fb0e791ef4fbd86412e152f/XOLJAL.png" /> 13.0.12.12.5Mesofuturos A pantheon of change A church for the wanderers A song we sing to the fracture Generationally syncreticWe create in fugitivity Mobile cauldron Drifting fire We Sing to the road Serenade the deities of change There’s opportunity when living with loss We Sing to the wellspring The memory of place Place is relationship Living is continuous relationship, ceaseless place Bitch Im from the land Time spent alone is still time spent with the world //The oil deity is everywhere The world is ripe for burning The earth is inflamed New worlds are told in pieces //Science deserves poetry Experience begets mythos Relate the elements as you would a lover Attentive care and fierce understanding resource is first person Witness and actor The oil deity is everywhere The world is ripe for burning The earth is inflamed New worlds are told in pieces Oil serves earthly physiology Ancient pores Secreted memory Oracular Spice Wise energy 13.0.12.11.14 [6/10] Alienation is fought against by reclaiming sacredness and relationalities Recuperation of collective memory, dreams Recuperation Relationship Love Power Imagining Radicalize Move <img width="360" height="128" width_o="360" height_o="128" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/220ff819027c21aceb6eff75854a2300fbfdf602fdeb7ae06ccc0783d38bff09/Screenshot-2025-06-19-at-2.13.01AM.png" data-mid="234751007" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/360/i/220ff819027c21aceb6eff75854a2300fbfdf602fdeb7ae06ccc0783d38bff09/Screenshot-2025-06-19-at-2.13.01AM.png" /> 13.0.11.12.14Mesofuturim isn’t concerned with borders; It is obsessed with the magical, the rhythmic, the quotidian and the divine. It is observed in the ripples of lake michigan, in the dancing of the trees, in bonfires and amongst the laughter of friends. It is materialized in weavings, inhaled out of wooden pipes, stored in clay vessels , burned in copper chambers. It grows in the tendrils of grassy fields, it glows in the belly of fireflies, it falls out of the clouds and sprouts with the mycelia. Mesofuturism is a place to find joy even when an empire conspires against your safety and worth. A space to ground amongst unfamiliar spaces and xenophobic terrorism. It is a space to grow into the wildest versions of yourself, to combine and reimagine yourself infinitely, to splinter, shatter and materialize once again. A space to talk and dance with your ancestors and descendants. A space to live and remember and die. This is a space to call home. 13.0.11.10.9 Dissonance Something in my head space doesn’t line up with the physical Uncertain Faking the funk And doing it well Why do I want to hide And be somewhere else The critic is here He says im not doing enough I’m ducking responsibility He blocks intuition Makes it hard to settle and relax Hard to flow I am trying to lean into the discomfort Let change wash over me Acknowledge that I could be more structured and organized While unstructured time is necessary Let me sift through the static in my brain Let it settle I’ve got time And discipline comes and goes But what feels important Where are you drawn The mystery of life is not a puzzle to be solved But a reality to be experienced Things are happening all the time Observe and apply yourself where you’re drawn Appreciate the things as they come As they change As you change them And they change you The dissonance is change Passage Becoming You cannot understand this process by stopping it Understanding moves with the flow of the process Where are we moving to Wait and see You are not your failures and shortcomings You aren’t your triumphs either You are this moment The sun through the trees The fountain surrounded by people The anticipation of a friend soon to arrive The knowledge in your head bubbling to the surface The saxophone playing In your ears You are the world 13.0.11.3.15 Coyote There is no dead ends on this path No corners without a way to jump jump into freezing water Swim swim swim gaze into the abyss calmly curiously be my guide, oh coyote, I will follow your grace embody your demeanor fade back into the abyss Road Ends A living room full of best friends Jungle outside and golden light swelling in The roads keep ending, i say exasperated and yet the road stays beneath our feet What lessons have you learned? Danny asks I wake up and answer The rhythms will come and go Certainty will come and go Confidence comes and goes Home comes and goes Friends come and go and come again Poetry comes along with romance they always go together Love goes and comes and goes and comes, It never really leaves, it alchemizes into every other thing I used to think love is fleeting now i know that love is transient I too, come and go 13.0.10.5.13 I had a very vivid dream this morning; abstract geometry in sandy dunes gave way to monochromatic ancestral jungle, where quiche people played, and extended a hand. I woke up from this layer to find myself in a classroom, only to fall once again, incarnate as a small doodled bird, bright red with a jagged outline, pursued by a larger bird of prey. As its beak closed around me, I pulsated larger and larger, until I became the thing that consumed me.&nbsp; The dunes and the abstracted jungle remind me of Hélio Oiticica.&nbsp; <img width="1000" height="666" width_o="1000" height_o="666" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c632c63fd924448e1b793ed79c3cde1f04b435fd055d6060d58d2995ace69e4e/Helio-Oiticica_To-Organize-Delirium_Tropicalia.jpeg" data-mid="169246179" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c632c63fd924448e1b793ed79c3cde1f04b435fd055d6060d58d2995ace69e4e/Helio-Oiticica_To-Organize-Delirium_Tropicalia.jpeg" /> 13.0.10.4.14 Before ego, before a concept of I, we are an expression of the earth, the collective breath of life and swirling, clashing coincidence. Land, time, possibilities and existence exists all around us, beyond us, within us. But who is the I we speak of ? What soil was it sown in ? Who planted the seed / where did it come from ? Did you water it? Have you pruned and shaped it ? Can you see it as part of a greater ecosystem, a cosmic garden, pulsing with life and decay, fire and wonder. There are other I’s in this time space, other seeds of self, and you are the sower. 12.19.4.2.7&nbsp; How did my ancestors understand time? How does it crash and squeal against the western linear time? How do we sport the same vision, the same understanding of time as cyclical and always becoming? How can those vast knowledges inform our relationships to each other, to our planet, to the universe? What devices could facilitate our use of ancestral time? Channeling ancestors. How can I exist as not only myself, but as an incarnate of a thousand lifetimes, of the experience of those lives lived? How does my temporal existence meld and communicate knowledge coded in my genome? 13.0.9.6.2 Si no de aqui ni alla, pos de donde? Que tan grande es este en medio? Why the fixture on labels and clear cut definitions ? My identity is constantly pouring in and out of containers, bellowing over the edges, dripping over so many expectations? How can I communicate clearly when everything is so nebulous? Is it really about clarifying ? of being more assertive and convicted ? What do I&nbsp; do with everything nebulous? What if I can only make vague approximations about what it is ? What even is it?? I know I can’t be the only one stuck in this perpetual ambiguity. And dare I believe this disposition to be defective? I understand that in certain situations, clarity, assertiveness, decisiveness is a must. I get that. But so much of my understanding is amorphous, relationship, culture, home — is it simply a matter of committing to a frame, picking a definition from many? Do I get defensive when somebody is asking me to define things? Just because it is unclear does not mean it is not settled. The primacy of needing everything clear cut is annoying. Meso means to be in the middle. In between borders. Inbetween cultures. Inbetween dogmas. Always inbetween. Always in the liminal spaces. <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b3312da1570d348ce7221d2697757fa4aec884bfcb72e432598e42547c9800d/IMG_1817.jpeg" data-mid="234940092" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b3312da1570d348ce7221d2697757fa4aec884bfcb72e432598e42547c9800d/IMG_1817.jpeg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3be875c09d3169afadf7383240bb14c6dd506c5b77d8f5d36a17689aa12343b6/IMG_4433.jpg" data-mid="214195495" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3be875c09d3169afadf7383240bb14c6dd506c5b77d8f5d36a17689aa12343b6/IMG_4433.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83c5d37ee9e393be0697697f65609964ddd99ceddce4e53703ba4cdd451cadea/IMG_4386.jpg" data-mid="214195493" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2789dadabbfcd1f72c6028b47600dd0228cd1e0db58592415628ce3edf6b92b5/Chaak-Priest.png" data-mid="201111101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2789dadabbfcd1f72c6028b47600dd0228cd1e0db58592415628ce3edf6b92b5/Chaak-Priest.png" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a007b2a10bd0ce9bb6177459fe139dfc80879f09beec7c2b71e2742a39fa3f0/IMG_1423.JPG" data-mid="169244800" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a007b2a10bd0ce9bb6177459fe139dfc80879f09beec7c2b71e2742a39fa3f0/IMG_1423.JPG" />Tools for preparing Amatl paper.<img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c818b6461a5c0b00720b5a5af0363bb8be8a4979de1d5f56ef15bb4545e35de1/IMG_7754.JPG" data-mid="151675924" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05d613c2523c8fa6e54116382e10bcdc657d1988f04c9c634598c42bd551c47b/DALLE-2023-02-24-00.31.01---maya-space-shit.png" data-mid="169571964" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/05d613c2523c8fa6e54116382e10bcdc657d1988f04c9c634598c42bd551c47b/DALLE-2023-02-24-00.31.01---maya-space-shit.png" /> <img width="700" height="527" width_o="700" height_o="527" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7e7724c8b40163c561d94bd1acc3a27d14ea504e45b61cb99b05e138889bd23/Sandbird.png" data-mid="169578576" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/700/i/d7e7724c8b40163c561d94bd1acc3a27d14ea504e45b61cb99b05e138889bd23/Sandbird.png" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/149dc787f84c688689603c9b83ddcded25ceb173a00fe396e50743e8ed114dcb/IMG_1587.JPG" data-mid="169244803" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/149dc787f84c688689603c9b83ddcded25ceb173a00fe396e50743e8ed114dcb/IMG_1587.JPG" /> Studies in handmade paper, drawn with mud. <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de127f68e30687ba2d00d42325f9250e3475778b60c9e008f898c9dcb8d4b8c7/IMG_1692.JPG" data-mid="169245208" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de127f68e30687ba2d00d42325f9250e3475778b60c9e008f898c9dcb8d4b8c7/IMG_1692.JPG" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ef3187fcb42f4f1f9310d28ffee2734b6db5f4a4e8cabdcd43476e9eeb3ab62/DALLE-2023-02-24-00.13.51.png" data-mid="169571963" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ef3187fcb42f4f1f9310d28ffee2734b6db5f4a4e8cabdcd43476e9eeb3ab62/DALLE-2023-02-24-00.13.51.png" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04ee7c1320de28a48a41aa4368ca8844fe3761337bc448ad854f3cb871a9b235/IMG_7799.jpg" data-mid="151673931" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/04ee7c1320de28a48a41aa4368ca8844fe3761337bc448ad854f3cb871a9b235/IMG_7799.jpg" /> <img width="2332" height="3638" width_o="2332" height_o="3638" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d51a84de92d20802c001e5c402453992a8c679f662c41e34387ab0deac85cfd5/Lucha-Collage.jpg" data-mid="132409177" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d51a84de92d20802c001e5c402453992a8c679f662c41e34387ab0deac85cfd5/Lucha-Collage.jpg" /> https://mesostudio.net/Artifacts-v2 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 23:57:51 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/Artifacts-v2 This work is an endeavor to ground my familial legacy beyond colonial hegemony, tracing roots back to pre-colombian culture and harnessing futures for them / us. In practice, I’m asking what it means to create artwork as a mesoamerican, conversating with the knowledge, motifs, patterns that my ancestors developed for generations. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Mascára Mesoamericana 13.0.4.7.12 <img width="2593" height="1734" width_o="2593" height_o="1734" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7f3092807a1fb319386e858be1b0d916fee1ea0b7bde7e34e6489a6408dff49/Meso.jpg" data-mid="135489892" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7f3092807a1fb319386e858be1b0d916fee1ea0b7bde7e34e6489a6408dff49/Meso.jpg" /> <img width="3888" height="2592" width_o="3888" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b031c926fb9bd862774518c9e420e32329ae19e25d8d0e5c37c85140110f9817/Concentric-Tool.JPG" data-mid="135489918" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b031c926fb9bd862774518c9e420e32329ae19e25d8d0e5c37c85140110f9817/Concentric-Tool.JPG" /> AJQ’IJ · (Daykeeper)13.0.6.8.2 BILIJ (To Pour)13.0.5.3.9 <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64abee278a5d3774e6921a0cfc733e5627421f37632d90e9f5d9f5dca86245fa/TimeAllotment.jpg" data-mid="135492222" border="0" data-scale="88" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64abee278a5d3774e6921a0cfc733e5627421f37632d90e9f5d9f5dca86245fa/TimeAllotment.jpg" /> <img width="1067" height="1600" width_o="1067" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b8788489c90360f14213c524584282c6d2faed50f9d36e41f76d7b198b133af/Aureo-s.jpeg" data-mid="135490231" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b8788489c90360f14213c524584282c6d2faed50f9d36e41f76d7b198b133af/Aureo-s.jpeg" /> Siwarmayu (hummingbird)&nbsp;13.0.6.9.13