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This is an excerpt of the video Crying for the March of Humanity
now on view @lago_algo @galeriaomr @_josegarciamx
Jankowski requested Televisa - one of the largest Latin American broadcasting companies - to reproduce an entire episode of La que no podía amar (The One Who Could Not Love), a Mexican telenovela. Using the script, location, cast and postproduction of the original TV format, this new shooting replaces all the dialogues with tears and crying scenes. While filming, the actors were able to hear their original lines through small microphones placed in their ears, so that the timing of their cries was synchronized with the pace of the original episode.
The title of the work refers to a mural by David Alfaro Siqueiros, The March of Humanity (1965-1971), who was a political figure and icon of Mexican modernity. The artist takes one of the essences of a telenovela - the dramatic act of crying - and connects it with the grandiosity of the title of Siqueiros’ mural, creating a complex relation between art and the media business. The video was first presented at the Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros (SAPS) in Mexico City, during his solo exhibition with the same name.
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