A poetic, "necropolitical" view of sociality in Mexico
Moving across a range of sites and situations, Dead People Whispering
to Us is a book of stealth, where the author's listening-writing
practice attends to the disappearances and invisibilities shaping much
of contemporary life. Author and artist Israel Martínez writes his own
book of the dead, chronicling the necropolitical reality in Mexico
through a persistent belief in social change realized between friends
and strangers. The dead, for Martínez, become guides toward a form of
poetic activism.
Israel Martínez is an artist and author based in Zapopan, Mexico.
Seeking to generate a social and political critical reflection, and
often exploring stealth as a communicative situation of deep relevance,
Israel Martínez works with sound as a starting point to create pieces
and projects usually materialized in multichannel audio installations,
video, photography, actions or performances, texts, publications and
interventions in public spaces. He has had solo and group exhibitions at
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, MuseumsQuartier, MACBA,
Moscow Biennale, TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, daadgalerie, Haus
der elektronischen Künste Basel, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions,
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Museo Arte Carrillo Gil, MUCA
Roma and Museo de Arte de Zapopan, among others.
