Chinampa Veneta

This catalog is one more staging by Chinampa Veneta. It is a passage in five acts that presents, without filters, our creative process consisting of come and goings, inspirations, trips to Xochimilco, talks with experts and the training of chapines. It’s our hands in the mud, stacking layer after layer, that, like those of the chinampa, are nourished from the sediments that have aged over the years in the canals of Xochimilco.

This project is a reflection of many voices, inspirations and shared knowledge. To all who made this meeting posible, our deepest gratitude.

First Edition
Secretaría de Cultura | INBAL, Arquine

Texts: Alejandra de la Paz, Ana Paula Tovar, Claudia Curiel de Icaza, Colectivo Chinampa Veneta, Elena Tudela, Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa

Copyediting: Aida Cantú Artigas, Santiago Marín de Buen

Translation: Aida Cantú Artigas, Fionn Petch, Quentin Pope, Santiago Marín de Buen

Photography: Colectivo Chinampa Veneta, Ana Paula Tovar, Andrés Semo, INAH, Leonardo Navarro Tapia (Cortesía de Arca Tierra), Luis David Vidal (Cortesía de Arca Tierra), Moritz Bernoully, Santiago Arau, Thomas Kole, Uta Gleiser, Yvonne Venegas

Printing: Grupo Rebosán, Patricia Cruz