Navigating the Archives Within 2020 Directed by Francis Almendárez
Navigating the Archives Within questions how histories, cultural traditions, and personal experiences are kept and transmitted. Incorporating original and archival imagery with live readings and improvised music, the experimental performance explores distinctions between “official” narratives, marginalized histories, and subjective memories while it blends and remixes them. Filmed live at Aurora Picture Show’s space and streamed free for five days on their website, the 36-minute video captures an autoethnographic journey through Latinx misrepresentation, erasure, subordination, and subversion. Collaborations by: Anthony Almendarez (Trumpet & Electronics), Abel Cisneros (Keyboard), Sonia Flores (Bass), Xavier Gilmore (Electronics & Percussion), and Gabriel Martinez (Drums)
