Eclipse
2023
Video HD. 18’01’’
An eclipse heralds the end of another world, among multiple extinctions. In that chiaroscuro, Mesoamerican mythical figures related to death and dismemberment appear, all of them connected by blood. A beheaded young man trains a military routine that alternates with juggling a dance of mutilated humanity. A group of Itzpapálotl - obsidian butterflies with flint-tipped wings from the nocturnal and subterranean world - emerges from their chrysalises to find themselves in a threatened landscape. Collectively the butterflies conjure up a bloodthirsty turkey sorceress. A flowering tree, the support of the world, breaks and bleeds. When the moon devours the Sun it is feared that night will prevail forever and the Tzitzimimes will descend to Earth to eat up men.
Directed, scripted and edited by:
NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO
Cast:
ZAID GLEZ, DIANA GÓMEZ, ÁNGELES FERNÁNDEZ, LUIS ENRIQUE GARCÍA, NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO
Cinematography and camera:
JUAN M. GALVIS
Second Camera and lightning:
XAVIER KAT
Music Composition:
FEDERICO SCHMUCLER
Electronic Sound Design and Psychotronic Engineering:
ENRIQUE ARRIAGA
Incidental sound:
NAHÚ RODRÍGUEZ
Photo documentation:
CLAUDIA LÓPEZ TERROSO
Choreography facilitator:
HELMAR ÁLVAREZ
Drums:
CARLA GONZÁLEZ “CIYI”
Cello:
ARIADNA ORTEGA
Production Assistant and Make-Up:
GUICHI NEYRA
Production Assistant and technical support:
EDGAR ESPINOZA
Props, masks and costume design:
NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO
Masks:
NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO, LA MASKARERÍA OAX-MEX
Props fabricators:
NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO, SAMUEL SANTIAGO CRUZ, URIEL AMBROSIO
Seamstress:
MARIELA CRUZ
SONGS
“ECLIPSE”
Lyrics:
NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO
Music:
FEDERICO SCHMUCLER
Vocals:
MARÍA EMILIA MARTÍNEZ
“BUTTERFLIES”
Lyrics:
NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO
Music:
FEDERICO SCHMUCLER
Vocals:
MARÍA EMILIA MARTÍNEZ and NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO
Drums:
CARLA GONZÁLEZ “CIYI”
Translation for subtiles:
RICHARD MOSZKA
Commissioned by Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2023
Naomi Rincón-Gallardo’s Eclipse was supported by
LA CASA ENCENDIDA, ARTES MUNDI and VIRREiNA CENTRE DE LA IMATGE
In collaboration with Parallel Oaxaca
Executive producer:
OLIVER MARTÍNEZ KANDT