What pieces or projects have you been working on lately?
I'm working on a residency with Café Another in Mexico City, where I'm making a series of clips, and on a photo exhibition with some friends in Santa María la Ribera.
What did you learn (or unlearn) while working on them?
Whenever I work on a new exhibition, I learn a lot about how to analyze and view my own work, and I just exhibited some pieces that speak of nostalgia, that feeling we have when we see a photograph, and the feeling of wanting to return to that place or that moment.
What words, ideas or emotions were going through your head?
Nostalgia, longing, remembrance, the past, time and memory.
Were there any conversations, movies, music, or books that made their way into that work?
Yes, many, but what was most present was the book Pedro Páramo that I have been rereading, the film “Shadows in Paradise” by Aki Kaurismäki, and the song “Let It Roll (Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp)” by George Harrison.
What's been the most difficult thing you've faced recently in your creative process?
Organize my ideas.
What is your favorite restaurant and what do you recommend we order?
I love going to Mi Compa Chava, it's the best place, order the Cocomil cocktail, highly recommended.
If your life were a movie this month, what would it be called and who would write the soundtrack?
It would be called “Do you believe in destiny?”, and I don't know how, but I feel that the soundtrack would be a mix of Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Mamas & the Papas and Natanael Cano.
Recommend one or more artists you follow who inspire you, and tell us what you like most about their work or their way of working.
I've been watching a lot of films lately. I'm following Wong Kar-wai's work; I'm captivated by the atmospheres he creates and the way he tells his stories. I really like Aki Kaurismäki's handling of his characters, his cinematography, and especially how he portrays life in Northern Europe in the 1980s and 90s. And Sofia Coppola's aesthetic is always unmistakable, and I love her focus on her characters.
She studied photography in Mexico City and specialized in analog photography and alternative processes in London. Her personal work speaks of nostalgia, the past, and time.