What does the regreening of Antarctica mean for seemingly distant places like Mexico? Tania Ximena’s film La Marcha del Liquen [The Stride of Lichen] narrates the story of Antarctic glacier ice, its encounter with the sea, and the advance of lichen and moss. Meanwhile, on the Mexican coast, a community is forced to live only in memories.
This screening of the film will be followed by a conversation between the director, Amanda Macedo Macedo (Ph.D. candidate in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, graduate fellow at the Cogut Institute), and Iván Ramos (assistant professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies).
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About the Film
La Marcha del Liquen [The Stride of Lichen]
Mexico, 2024 | 29 min.
Written and directed by Tania Ximena
Voice: Esmeralda López Méndez | Portrait: Guadalupe Cobos | Cinematography: Tania Ximena (Isla Rey Jorge, Antarctica), Linda López H. Maldonado (Tabasco) | Editing and Post-production: Rogelio Díaz | Color and DCP: Omar Lara | VFX Tabasco: Rijl Habib | Direct Sound Recording: Tania Ximena (Isla Rey Jorge, Antarctica), Amanda Granda (Tabasco) | Music: Carlos Edelmiro | Sound Design and Mixing: Joel Argüelles | Local Production: Sister Ana Mayo, Sister María Esther Hernández | Production: Tania Ximena and ALJUIR Audiovisual | Language: Yokot’an and Spanish with English Subtitles
This film was made possible thanks to the Colombian Antarctic Program (PAC) of the Colombian Ocean Commission (CCO), the Uruguayan Antarctic Institute (IAU) and the Artigas Base on King George Island, Antarctica, the Colombian Art in Antarctica Project (PCAA), the System of Supports for Creation and Cultural Projects (SACPC), the FEMSA Biennial, the Jumex Contemporary Art Foundation, Sony Mexico, Phonolab, Disruptiva Films, and Sergei Saldivar.
About the Director
Tania Ximena (b. 1985, Mexico) is a visual artist and filmmaker whose work is rooted in extensive field research. She has showcased her art in major Mexican museums, including Ex Teresa Arte Actual, the Museo de Arte Moderno, the Museo Jumex, and the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil. Her work has also appeared in international exhibitions such as BIENALSUR (Argentina), the Orleans Architecture Biennale (France), and the Bienal Internacional de Arte SIART (Bolivia). In 2022, she became a fellow of Mexico’s National System of Art Creators. She has received the FONCA Young Creators grant three times and has been awarded the Mexican Cinema Promotion Grant from IMCINE on two occasions: one for script rewrites and another for production. Her debut feature film, Pobo ‘Tzu’ [White Night], won several awards, including the Grand Jury Prize Kaleidoscope at DOC NYC and the Critics Award at FICUNAM. She participated in the X Colombian Antarctic Expedition, which enabled her to shoot her video installation and short film La Marcha del Liquen [The Stride of Lichen] in Antarctica. She is also a cofounder of APECS Mexico.
Presented by the Center for Environmental Humanities at Brown (CEHAB).