Poema Colectivo 2014

September 23, 2014

“Would you have participated in this activity if it was truly revolutionary?”

The Poema Colectivo 2014 project invited a group of artists from Mexico to create a new “collective poem” for today based on the 1981 project Poema Colectivo Revolución. Each invited artist was asked to nominate another friend to join the project.

With many thanks to the artists: Jonathan Hernández & Philippe Hernandez, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Gabriel Escalante, Vincente Razo, César Cortés Vega, Juan Caloca, Demián Flores, Silvia Gruner, Richard Moszka, Guillermo Rosas Sánchez, Maris Bustamante, Magali Lara, Laureana Toledo, Txema Novelo, Javier Dario Canul Melchor, Jazael Olguín Zapata, Jorge Méndez Blake, David Miranda, María Sosa, Noé Martínez, Luis Urías, Ramiro Chaves, Yollotl Alvarado, Camel Collective, Mauricio Marcin, Monica Mayer & Victor Lerma, Fernando Caridi and Beyond the Mexique Bay Orchestra.

Additional thanks to Mauricio Marcin, Maru Calva, Regina Tattersfield, and Julio García Murillo.

Jazael Olguin Zapata. Traidores Poema Colectivo 2014

Jazael Olguin Zapata. Resisch Poema Colectivo 2014

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