Report, Echo 2
The making of a Modern State: Desagüe del Valle de México.
“. . . will flowers be carried to the Kingdom of Death:
Is it true that we are going, we are going? .
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Aerial footage of “Las Cajas de Agua” in Zumpango, State of Mexico. Shot ex-profeso for this project.
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Archive footage of the Inauguration of the forum basins of “El Desagüe del Valle de México”. Indigenous people dressed in white, people of “European descent” dressed in black suits. Courtesy of Archivo Casasola.
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Viva el G. Presidente
The making of a Modern State: Desagüe del Valle de México.
“. . . will flowers be carried to the Kingdom of Death:
Is it true that we are going, we are going? .
Archive Footage from Indigenous workers during the construction of the Gran Canal del Desagüe.
Archive footage of the Inauguration of the forum basins of “El Desagüe del Valle de México”. Indigenous people dressed in white, people of “European descent” dressed in black suits. Courtesy of Archivo Casasola.
Diagram explaining the historical sinking and gradual inadequacy of the draining system.
Drone footage of Interior of “Las Cajas de Agua” in Zumpango, State of Mexico. Shot ex-profeso for this project.