GROUNDING EXPERIENCES AND HABITATIONS - Connecting with the space
This series of works was specially developed for the M.A.L.A. project. They were presented at ANDANZAS exhibition at Centro Cultural El Rule, in Mexico City, in October 2024.
I try to find myself.
My work is a construction of identity through the recognition of my peers and my place.
I think this is a pursuit of all of us.
I share my process here.
Since 2007, I have been recording walks on video. They are like a ground wire. I decided to capture things that during these walks attracted my gaze, my senses, and touched me.
In this book I tried to keep the interpretations of these little treasures, and the thoughts, visions, and feelings that accompany them.
Maria Palomino*
*Mexican heteronym of Monique Allain
WALKING - AUDIO
While looking at the artist books from the "Walking" series, listen to the audio that accompanies the works in English ("Walking"), Spanich ("Caminando") or Portuguese ("Caminhando"), clicking here.
WALKING VOL 1
Walking Vol 1, 2024, Strathmore Paper Mixed 400, cotton thread and bead work, closed size: 7 x 7 x 3 in (open book with variable measurements), North Salem, NY, single copy.
WALKING VOL 2
Walking Vol 2, 2024, digital and manual print with cotton thread, closed size: 7 x 7 x 1 1/2in (open book with variable measurements), North Salem, NY, single copy.
WALKING VOL 3
Walking Vol 3, 2024, digital print, freehand writing with archival ink pen and sewing with cotton thread, , closed size: 7 x 7 x 1 1/2 in (open book with variable measurements), North Salem, NY, single copy.
WALKING VOL 4
Walking Vol 4, 2024, digital print and drawing with archival ink pen , closed size: 7 x 7 x 1 1/2 in (open book with variable measurements), North Salem, NY, single copy.
WALKING VOL 5
Walking Vol 5, 2024, digital print and painting with acrylic paint , closed size: 7 x 7 x 1 1/2 in (open book with variable measurements), North Salem, NY, single copy.
Performance carried out on October 11, 2024 by Maria Palomino, Mexican heteronym of Monique Allain on the occasion of the opening of the ANDANZAS exhibition.
PROCESS
Logbook
20240830 Logbook, video, 2'58".
Walking - Vol 1 - Essays
TRANSCRIPTION OF THE AUDIOS
Walking
(English)
I am from many places
and at the same time, from nowhere
foreign
foreign wherever I am
I float in the air
I try to set dawn roots
inhabit
what ground are my feet on?
I walk…
on this ground, what exists?
where is this ground from?
what do I see where I go?
where am I walking?
I need to connect with the earth
with the trees
with the stones
with the leaves
with water
with the life
I need silence.
Caminando
(español)
soy de muchos lugares
y al mismo tiempo, de ninguna parte
extranjera
extranjera dondequiera que esté
floto en el aire
intento echar raíces
habitar
¿en qué suelo están mis pies?
camino...
¿qué existe en este suelo?
¿de dónde es este suelo?
¿qué veo donde voy?
¿por donde camino?
necesito conectarme con la tierra
con los árboles
con las piedras
con las hojas
con el agua
con la vida
necesito silencio.
Caminhando
(português)
sou de muitos lugares
e ao mesmo tempo, de lugar nenhum
estrangeira
estrangeira onde eu estiver
flutuo no ar
procuro fincar raízes
habitar
em que chão estão meus pés?
caminho...
nesse chão o quê existe?
esse chão é de onde?
o que eu vejo por onde ando?
por onde caminho?
preciso me conectar com a terra
com as árvores
com as pedras
com as folhas
com a água
com a vida
preciso de silêncio.
