Transparencies in Time: Cuahpohualli, embedded in ethnopoetic language poetry, is part of a multiphase comprehensive exploration on Mesoamerican lore and more specifically on a pre-Columbian notion of time. The exhibit consists of 8.5 by 11 paper-size plastic transparencies that signify to contemporary viewers that poetry and oral tradition are alive.
Transparencies in Time
Jose Trejo-Maya is a remnant of the Nahuatlacah oral tradition a tonalpouhque mexica, a commoner from the lowlands (i.e. Mexico) from a time and place that no longer exists. His poetry has been published in the UK, US, India, Spain, Australia, Argentina, Germany and Venezuela. He was born in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, where he spent his childhood in the small neighboring rural pueblo of Tarimoró and where his family immigrated from in 1988. His inspiration(s) include Netzahualcoyotl, Humberto Ak’abal, Ray A. Young Bear, and James Welch.
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