SMALL GALLERY

My work seeks to untangle tradition and culture, and how this connects to the non-human world, and intergenerational relationships. At the heart of Naguala is a desire to decentre the human and re-story our existence beyond hierarchical frameworks. I’ve been especially drawn to deepen my understanding of Nahua knowledge—not as folklore or mysticism—but as a relevant and vital worldview rooted in connection, reciprocity, and transformation. 

Naguala emerges from personal inquiry into my mother’s home community of Tecomitl, Momoxco—known as the “Tierra de los Naguales.” I wanted to understand why this came to be. The resulting work challenges colonial interpretations that cast nagualismo as evil or dangerous, revealing instead a healing, poetic, and cosmological practice of becoming. In Nahua tradition, becoming a naguala means studying movement, medicine, the stars, and the cycles of life and death. It’s about relationality and regeneration. Through immersive sound and video, Naguala invites the viewer to dissolve the skin-bound self and step into deeper entanglements with land, time, and the more-than-human world. 

I am the daughter of a Nahua/Mexican mother and Italian father, raised on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia on Tla’Amin territory. My creative path has taken me through Latin America, Asia, and Europe, eventually bringing me back on the coast where I now live with my daughter, Alma. 

Working in film and media since 1998, I founded EnMedia to produce fiction, documentary, and installation-based work. My multi-channel installations include Future Forests (2018), Clam Basket (2022, with Sosan Blaney), and Naguala (2023). I hold a Master’s in Visual Culture from the University of Barcelona with a focus on ecology and installation. Through my work, I aim to create possibilities of reconnection in a time of profound ecological crises and cultural dislocation.