"Times have changed and the story of La Cornuda de Tlacotalpan has been disappearing. People say that when you don't believe in something, it ceases to exist". [1]
La Cornuda de Tlacotalpan
La Cornuda, that mysterious being who lives in the depths of the Papaloapan River in Veracruz Mexico, who appears to disappear, who frightens, scares away, and explains the inexplicable. In its attempt to survive the forgetfulness of modern times, it makes a decision that requires courage.
Leaving the river, crossing the threshold of the shore, transforming itself, and entering into Tlacotalpan´s town dimension.
While La Cornuda walks around invisible to the eyes of the community, photography reveals its new life through its inhabitants.
[1] Quote from an informal chat in a bar in Tlacotalpan town.
The central idea of the project on the legend of La Cornuda de Tlacotalpan was to re-imagine the story in the face of its possible disappearance: involving the community of Tlacotalpan in Mexico and its memory, to re-invent the story through a collective, playful, and participatory re-construction.
La Cornuda de Tlacotalpan is part of Memory is a Swamp (2016-ongoing) an open series of visual projects based on the research of myths, urban legends, local stories, and oral histories. Adopting, retelling, and re-interpreting these narratives in a changing contemporary world, trying to open a space for experimental visions, re-framing narratives, and collaborative working contexts.
"Times have changed and the story of La Cornuda de Tlacotalpan has been disappearing. People say that when you don't believe in something, it ceases to exist". [1]
La Cornuda de Tlacotalpan
La Cornuda, that mysterious being who lives in the depths of the Papaloapan River in Veracruz Mexico, who appears to disappear, who frightens, scares away, and explains the inexplicable. In its attempt to survive the forgetfulness of modern times, it makes a decision that requires courage.
Leaving the river, crossing the threshold of the shore, transforming itself, and entering into Tlacotalpan´s town dimension.
While La Cornuda walks around invisible to the eyes of the community, photography reveals its new life through its inhabitants.
[1] Quote from an informal chat in a bar in Tlacotalpan town.
The central idea of the project on the legend of La Cornuda de Tlacotalpan was to re-imagine the story in the face of its possible disappearance: involving the community of Tlacotalpan in Mexico and its memory, to re-invent the story through a collective, playful, and participatory re-construction.
La Cornuda de Tlacotalpan is part of Memory is a Swamp (2016-ongoing) an open series of visual projects based on the research of myths, urban legends, local stories, and oral histories. Adopting, retelling, and re-interpreting these narratives in a changing contemporary world, trying to open a space for experimental visions, re-framing narratives, and collaborative working contexts.