I - T - Z - E- L
I’m a Mexican artist and architect based in London. My practice moves across writing, visual essays, poetry, workshops, performance, and reshaping objects—always driven by curiosity about how stories emerge from personal experience and fieldwork. I explore labor, identity, and collective creation themes, often through participatory processes (online-offline).
Additionally, I’ve collaborated on socio-environmental projects, where I helped co-design workshops to return knowledge to local communities. This experience reshaped how I think about research, pushing me toward non-extractive methods and a performative posthumanist approach.
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I Haven’t Swept the Floor is a spoken poem reflecting on my experience migrating to London, the quiet yet persistent anxiety of safety as a woman, and the unnoticed traces my body leaves behind—like the strands of hair I lose each day. The video follows a hotel cleaning cart, a symbol of invisible labor often assigned to women and migrants. Through words and motion, the piece explores the intersections of gender, migration, and the overlooked gestures of daily survival..
I-T-Z-E-L
Single-channel video with audio | Duration: 1:20 min
A performance centered on Xochimilco rowers and their embodied experience. This project emphasizes ethical collaboration with territorial actors, ensuring fair distribution of benefits and co-authorship through legal agreements. We signed a legal contract outlining the percentage of profits they are entitled to from the performance piece.
I-T-Z-E-L, Santiago Josefa, Braulio Flores, Fernando
Acevedo.
t.ly/wgsRS
[Performance].
Video installation (12”).
1 Video canal + 2 Audios.
Variable dimension.
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Camara: Mario Morales.
Edition: Mario Morales, I-T-Z-E-L.
Thanks to: IESRQ and Jesús Rubio for allowing access to
the location.
Xochimilco, Mexico City .
In this piece, I explored the act of cleaning as both a physical and spiritual practice. During a full moon, I cleansed my house to free myself from past relationships. Every stroke of the broom or rag became a ritual of emotional release and renewal. This piece is part of a personal
collection in Belgium.
Limited edition.
[Cotton cloth and household dust, used in
cleaning ritual].
15” x 23”
Mexico City.
[Wall Text]
Variable dimension.
Mexico City
A ritual-based piece that explores personal transformation. It reflects on my relationship with my mother. In this ritual, I asked her to cut my hair, and symbolically freeing me from her expectations. These personal rituals, which I see as having therapeutic potential, blur the lines between the everyday and the imagined, becoming acts of resistance against societal structures.
[Hair form the artist on PET food tray and
PVC film].
18” x 14” x 2.16”.
[Performance].
Video (15”).
1 Video canal + 1 Audio.
Variable dimension.
Video Still 1/2.
t.ly/4ETiy
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Participants:
María Luisa Hernández Arellano.
Mexico City
Exploring the Agency and Interplay of Matter through a Cleansing Rituals in the sea. Where my father and I transformed into something more than humans. Separating our social identity and the encompassing nature reminds us of our shared responsibility. In a bottle of cider, we contained all our acts of dominion. We accepted what was, what is, and yearned for what will be.
[Wood with cow hair and glass bottle with sea water, used in cleansing ritual].
27” x 16”.
Veracruz, Mexico.