Sonnet of Vermin

2022
Video HD. 19’02’’

In Sonnet of Vermin, a legion of unwanted creatures related to the Mesoamerican underworld attempt to syntonize with one another and with the dead in the midst of a planetary cataclysm. The vermin are unspecific animals who are asociated with negative aspects, damage or destruction. A bat broadcasts frequencies from a tomb with the help of a funerary bundle/radio. A group of frogs/children are paranormal cyborgian amphibians who have adapted to toxicity and they demand another fix of cyanide. A twisted scorpion is a bad omen who claims for the right of infection. A snake sheds her skin while she announces the transformation of the cycles. A telluric alligator devours all what she finds on her way. A brigade of arms insists on raising from the earth. All of them seek for a subaltern solidarity and queer relationality as a form of re-existance within the ruins.




Directed, scripted and edited by: NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO
Cast: MILI HERRERA, CHICHIS GLAM, LUIS ENRIQUE GARCÍA, NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO, SIMA GONZÁLEZ CHERNYSHEVA, MIC QUETZALI MORALES POSADA, LEÓN EMILIO PÉREZ SÁNCHEZ, MATEO CALIXTO PÉREZ SÁNCHEZ, VICTORIA RAMÍREZ GONZÁLEZ, EUGENIA VARELA ORDÓÑEZ, JULIA ZYLBERBERG PANEBIANCO.
Cinematography and camera: MASHA GODOVANNAYA
Music Composition: FEDERICO SCHMUCLER
Electronic Sound Design and Psychotronic Engineering: ENRIQUE ARRIAGA
Incidental Music and Credits Theme: ESTEBAN KING
Incidental sound: NAHÚ RODRÍGUEZ
Sound Mix and Master: ROD ESQUIVEL at MADRE DE DIOS CDMX
Still Photography: CLAUDIA LÓPEZ TERROSO
Drone Operator: JOSÉ GALICIA
Choreography facilitator: HELMAR ÁLVAREZ BERNAL
Production Assistant and Make-Up: GUICHI NEYRA
Reed Craftmen: URIEL AMBROSIO, BENITO JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ
Props, masks and costume design: NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO
Taylors: NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO, LA MASKARERÍA OAX-MEX
Studio Assistant: CARO PECH
Blacksmithing: ISAI CRUZ
Electric lights for props: ELIUT MÉNDEZ

SONGS

“LES ANFIBIES PARANORMALES”
Lyrics: NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO
Music: FEDERICO SCHMUCLER
Vocals: EMILIANO ALONSO ALBARRÁN, MEI GIACONI SOLANA and CAROLINA MELCHOR APARICIO
Children Choir Director: MARÍA EMILIA MARTÍNEZ
Tuba, Trombone and Horn: MISHA MARKS

“LA TORCIDX”
Lyrics: NAOMI RINCÓN GALLARDO
Music: FEDERICO SCHMUCLER
Vocals: CHICHIS GLAM, and MARÍA EMILIA MARTÍNEZ

“MADRE/CIPACTLI”
Lyrics: NAOMI RINCÓN-GALLARDO
Music: FEDERICO SCHMUCLER
Vocals: MARÍA EMILIA MARTÍNEZ

Hardcore vocals (Radio Sintonizing Scene): UNX
The Radio/Bundle syntonizes words by: HOMERO GÓMEZ, JAVIER VALDEZ, ISABEL CABANILLAS, MARÍA ELIZABETH MONTAÑO, BETY CARIÑO, FELICITAS MARTÍNEZ and TERESA BAUTISTA

Archival Video Footage: ROBERTO OLIVARES

Translation for subtiles: RICHARD MOSZKA

In collaboration with Parallel Oaxaca
Executive producer: OLIVER MARTÍNEZ KANDT

Sonnet of Vermin was made possible with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Mexico through the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature for the exhibition Until the Songs Spring, Mexican Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition | La Biennale di Venezia

Curators: CATALINA LOZANO, MAURICIO MARCÍN
Commisioner: DIEGO SAPIÉN

Video Produced with the support/stimulus of the Support System For Creation and Cultural Projects (FONCA)