Rituals and Numbers

Acrylic prints, 2023

Specific numerical counts for bundles, wreath gestures used in Mixe rituals. On the left side are numerical values extracted from the tree in the patio of La Clínica.


Cosmic Fruits
Oak trunk, clay and chia seeds, 2023

What relationships do individuals (as unique as a single animal, a colonial organism or a weather phenomenon) have with their environment?

Petri dishes, agar-agar, clay, yeast, mycelium, seta mushroom, and straw, 2023

Experiments carried out at La Clínica in petri dishes. They contain agar-agar and mycelium "the invisible architect of life." The clay experiments that can be observed were kneaded in yeast in such a way that the yeast is what shapes and forms the clay body.

Interview with Odilia Sánchez Galicia, a Mixtec woman who narrates an incident that took place in Zimatlan where a teenager dealing with anxiety was treated through a ritual using tobacco, mezcal and offering chicken legs.

2023
Video of La Clinica's gardener in which he cuts branches of the tree that were dry and prone to falling.