Author: Luiselli, ValeriaThis volume documents a 24-hour, multilayered sound work, led by author Valeria Luiselli. In many ways an extension of Luiselli's novel 'The Lost Children Archive', the work maps the US-Mexico border, resuscitating the voices of the largely female, Indigenous, Brown and Black peoples absent in mainstream narratives. As well as addressing mechanisms of extraction and violence, the work also vividly recreates the everyday activity of plant life and human and non-human animals. Returning to the scene of her internationally acclaimed novel 'Lost Children Archive', Luiselli, along with her collaborators, Ricardo Giraldo and Leo Heiblum, invites readers into this dynamic counter narrative through remixing archival texts from advertisements to public speeches, interviews with local denizens and contemporary thinkers such as Fred Moten, as well as more imaginative responses to these contested lands, including a chorus of four narratresses who provide poignant and incisive commentary along the way. Too, the work addresses the devastating effects of industrialization as varied as mining and nuclear testing, and other forms of violence against bodies and the land. Valeria Luiselli is a Mexican-American author and the 2019 recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship. Her previous books include 'Lost Children Archive' (2019), 'Tell Me How It Ends' (2017), 'The Story of My Teeth' (2013) and 'Sidewalks' (2013). She is a professor at Bard College.Ricardo Giraldo currently directs the new podcast division of La Corriente del Golfo, a production company owned by Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal.Leonardo Heiblum is an award-winning Mexican composer and producer, and a longtime collaborator with Philip Glass and Patti Smith.ISBN 9780944521625. Dia Art Foundation. pb. 96 pages. 13 b/w ills. 21.6 x 17.8 cm.available
