A toy train acts as a mobile billboard. "¡Rumbo al Norte, Rumbo al futuro!", an installation by Josué Mejía, reviews the influence that the Mexican muralism movement had on the country's so-called "golden cinema" and its role in shaping a nascent capitalist state.
In Mexico, the train crossed the national territory carrying documentaries produced by the government, which presented the benefits of national industry to the population. In the wagons of the train, we see drawings of the covers of propaganda documentaries from the 194s. As well as a blackboard with drawings, the work also consists of two sculptures in the shape of tables. On one of them, a series of objects allude to the projection of films on the railway system in 1940. On the other, we see a turntable on a record player, with a projection system that illustrates the soundtrack of an industrial movie.
Interviews
Image and sound: B Paolucci and Julia Gil
Editing: B Paolucci and Julia Gil
Recording of the works
Image: Helena Wolfenson, Marcos Yoshi and Tom Butcher Cury
Sound: Tomás Franco
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