A research-creation project on the spiritual practices of the inhabitants of the working-class neighbourhoods of San Luis Potosí (Mexico).

Del barrio al desierto is the result of a dialogue between local communities, photography, sociology, anthropology, artistic curatorship and digital design. The project explores the limits of the relationship between ‘model’ and photographer and those between ‘informant’ and researcher, thus forging a transdisciplinary practice of photographic portraiture in which the experience of the field actors as co-authors is reclaimed.

Production Details

• Scientific Director: Irene Pochetti
• Photographer: Jean-Felix Fayolle
• Curatorial Crew: Community Actors
• Science and Art Advisers: Paola Garnica (CONACYT), Carmen Cebrero Urzaiz (Université Anáhuac) and Guillermo Vargas Quisoboni (Chakalaka Medialab).
• Curatorial Workshop and Multimedia: Guillermo Vargas Quisoboni (Chakalaka Medialab)