Patlache Ant Nest
2025
Video HD 21’17’’
Taken from an image in the Florentine Codex, two figures illustrate the definition of Patlache, described by the friars of New Spain as a filthy woman who practices lesbian love. In Patlache Ant Nest, a band of toothed vaginas, in complicity with a cactus and a carnivorous flower, conjure the presence of the Transtemporal Patlache. The Patlache of the codex transforms into a portal/temazcal leading to a patriarchy-free subterranean dwelling, and the figure accompanying her in the codex is guided and converted by leafcutter ants, who descend through a tunnel carrying their harvests to a lesbian brewery. There dwells the Chicatana Queen, whose wings will become the banner for the proliferation of other subterranean legions of organized festivities.
Direction, editing, script:
NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO
Cast:
MILI A MENDOZA HERRERA
RAMONA LIBERTAD GS
MARÍA MARTÍNEZ TUÑÓN
ARISAÍ OLVERA BELTRÁN
NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO
SANDRA ROGEL
RAISA ROBLES
RO ROSANO RODRÍGUEZ
ABIGAIL SÁNCHEZ CUÉ
FABIOLA TORRES-ALZAGA
Cinematography and camera:
MASHA GODOVANNAYA
Sound design and engineering:
ENRIQUE ARRIAGA
Music composition:
FEDERICO SCHMUCLER
Camera assistant and lighting:
XAVIER KAT
Stage lighting:
JAKOB AGUILAR
Still photography:
CLAUDIA LÓPEZ TERROSO
Field production:
NAHÚ RODRIGUEZ
Script consultant and editing assistance:
MASHA GODOVANNAYA
Make-up and production assistant:
GUICHICOVI NEYRA
Acting facilitator:
ABIGAIL SÁNCHEZ CUÉ
Props and costume design and production:
NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO
Seamstress:
MARIELA CRUZ
Reed crafts:
URIEL AMBROSIO
SONGS
“NEGRURA TEMAZCAL”
“SEXILIADAS”
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“RED DE AGUJEROS”
Lyrics: NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO
Music: FEDERICO SCHMUCLER
Vocals:YUKO CORNALE
Friar’s voice over:
TATIANA SENTAMANS
Animation:
LUIS ENRIQUE GARCÍA
Thanks to:
CAPUCHA CERVECERÍA
CASA CEIBA
CHARLES FAIRBANKS
CAMILA MARAMBIO
O.R.G.I.A
TERRENO FAMILIAR
LAURA G. GUTIÉRREZ
AÍDA ISLAS ACEVEDO
MADRETLALLI
CAPIm
PEANA
Hormiguero Patlache
was produced with the support of Fundación Botin, Beca de Arte, 2025