in my mind there is never silence

  • Dates
    2014 - 2017
  • Author
  • Topics Portrait, Fine Art, Documentary
  • Location San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico

This series originated with “Los Panzudos Mercedarios”, the guardians of the neighborhood of La Merced in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas, México.

The Panzudos represent the sins: the more sins a person has to expiate, the bigger and uglier his attire will be, the better to cure his sins. These figures herald the feast day of Our Lady of La Merced and accompany her, purifying themselves in the process. The announcement is made as the figure of the Virgin Mary passes by, carried on the shoulders of her bearers, with a retinue of Aztecs, Catholics, and Moors mounted on horseback, dressed as Arabs and with their faces painted, representing the Muslims who invaded and occupied Spain between 702 and 1492.

Integrated this ancestral imaginary with the exploration of familiar universe. I try to investigate the links, the monstrosity, disease and death. I explore the tunnels of representation of domestic space fusing it with pre-Hispanic traditions and the apocalyptic visions of the Catholic religión. This work gives new meaning to the intrincate tangle of the concealed and the visible, the individual and the collective subconscious, on the highly complex map of coexisting cultures and beliefs in contemporary Mexico.

© Diego Moreno - Azucena
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Azucena

© Diego Moreno - Mirages and Visions
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Mirages and Visions

© Diego Moreno - The cabinetmaker
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The cabinetmaker

© Diego Moreno - While it's raining
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While it's raining

© Diego Moreno - The room of memories
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The room of memories

© Diego Moreno - A type of indulgence
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A type of indulgence

© Diego Moreno - The Sad night table
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The Sad night table

© Diego Moreno - The Omen
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The Omen

© Diego Moreno - When you get tired of me
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When you get tired of me

© Diego Moreno - Generic nightmare
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Generic nightmare

© Diego Moreno - Until the root
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Until the root

© Diego Moreno - For because of moisture
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For because of moisture

© Diego Moreno - The last hug
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The last hug

© Diego Moreno - Will to resist
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Will to resist

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