Text by Alfonso Morales, Antonio Saborit, Margo Glantz.
Mexico's White Mountain was once home to the indigenous pre-Columbian Zapotec civilization. Photographer Pablo Ortíz Monasterio engages this foundational mythology by documenting its physical manifestations in contemporary life, as depicted on decorative murals, key chains, ashtrays and pony glasses.
Featured image is reproduced from Pablo Ortiz Monasterio: White Mountain.
"In the silence of the night when thousands were asleep in the village surrounding the volcanoes these powerful dreamers who have been selected from heaven or by the volcano itself, carry on intense oneiric activity for fulfilling the noble task of appeasing the rain and maintaining the sustenance of the people who inhabit the earth. They travel in dreams, to remote places to spray the earth with huge hoses, accompanied by angels and other celestial spirits; they hold conversations with spirits of ancestors who reveal codes or set them riddles to solve..."
FORMAT: Hbk, 9.75 x 11.25 in. / 164 pgs / 98 color / 4 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $30.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $35 ISBN: 9788492480852 PUBLISHER: RM AVAILABLE: 8/31/2010 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA ONLY
Published by RM. Text by Alfonso Morales, Antonio Saborit, Margo Glantz.
Mexico's White Mountain was once home to the indigenous pre-Columbian Zapotec civilization. Photographer Pablo Ortíz Monasterio engages this foundational mythology by documenting its physical manifestations in contemporary life, as depicted on decorative murals, key chains, ashtrays and pony glasses.
