Two-channel SD video, sound
6 minutes, 08 seconds
2008
With the participation of Mariachi Ciudad de Guadalajara
(interpreting Joy Division's 1979 song 'Transmission')
February 01, 2008, Plaza de la Liberación, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Touching From A Distance focuses on the fragmentation of public space and the varying uninhibited actors simultaneously occupying the space of Plaza de la Liberación in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico on a particular day; yet, all the while, touching from a distance in their constituent interests and concerns. We invited Mariachi Ciudad de Guadalajara to interpret and perform Joy Division's song, Transmission in Mariachi musical style. While performing in Plaza de la Liberación, a protest against the inefficient use of regional public funds transpires. The work vacillates between the spatial simultaneity of performance, protest, and public use, and looks to Plaza de la Liberación as a stage and locale for enunciative acts and musical contravention.
Links:
La Jornada Jalisco
Milenio
Installation view of Touching from a Distance.
Shot on location at:
Plaza de la Liberación, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Protest:
Coordinadora Estatal del Movimiento Popular
Song:
Transmission, Joy Division, 1979
Performed by:
Mariachi Ciudad de Guadalajara
Director/Violín: Antonio Ortiz Venegas
Guittaron: Carlos Galarza. Gonzalez
Trompeta: José Luis Arellano Cortez
Vihuela: Sergio Arellano Salazar
Violín: Armando Arellano Salazar
Violín: Gabriel Lara Peña
Vocalista: Carlos Alberto Espinoza
Song recorded and engineered at:
Bernardo’s Studio, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Sound Engineers:
Eduardo Huara Ornelas and Bernardo Vivanco
Directed, Edited, and Sound Design by:
Angel Nevarez and Valerie Tevere
© Angel Nevarez and Valerie Tevere, 2008
Commissioned by Museo Raul Angiano, Guadalajara, México with generous support from C7, Gobierno Municipal de Guadalajara, Hornitos, and Secretaria de Cultural/Gobierno de Jalisco.
Special thanks to: Lourdes Armendariz, Geovana Ibarra, Gonzalo Lebrija, Jorge Méndez Blake, Mariachi Ciudad de Guadalajara, Eduardo Huara Ornelas, Rodrigo Peñafiel, Gabriel Rico, Eduardo Sarabia, Cristina Sescose, Jacqueline Tevere, Bernardo Vivanco.