Teocalli

TEOCALLI is one of the most recent productions by Los Ingrávidos, whose ever-proliferating oeuvre is based on sampling and recycling techniques. The film will be presented at the Viennale with live music by Jung an Tagen; involving local musicians where their films are screened forms part of the collective’s collaborative practice. Drawing on the characteristic visual language employed by Los Ingrávidos, which involves remixing both their own film material and found footage, TEOCALLI thus contains excerpts from their films GUERRAS FLORIDAS, DANZA SOLAR, NAHUAL and various Super 8 home movies, as well as shots of a well-known mural by Diego Rivera which shows the history of Mexico and its numerous battles against foreign rule. Recurring, speaking elements include the eye as a marker of perception and puzzle pieces. The word Teocalli refers to an Aztec pyramid, a temple for religious rituals. While the ways in which Los Ingrávidos fragment and take apart the analogue material strive for a sense of trance in line with shamanic traditions, Jung an Tagen craft polyrhythmic, psychoacoustic and dissociative arrangements. Ritual and trance form the common denominator here—a synaesthetic firework display for the eyes and ears. (Daniela Zahlner, Dietmar Schwärzler)

In cooperation with sixpackfilm, put together by Daniela Zahlner and Dietmar Schwärzler.

In the presence of a member of Colectivo Los Ingrávidos.

With a concert by Jung An Tagen.