78 www.libwrwosw..ulnibamro.sm.uxnam.mx Folio 019 Maria Thereza Alves. El retorno de un lago The Return of a Lake Maria Thereza Alves (Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1960). Born in Brazil, lives and works in Europe. Alves dismantles several of the Americas’ foundation myths in an attempt to construct another history. Through meticulous investigation, she argues that the biggest ecological disasters in Latin America can be traced back to the colonial era, revealing the colonial structures of power that still persist. In 1979 the artist began collaborating with the International Indian Treaty Council in New York, and founded the Brazilian Information Center, which remained active in areas of human rights and problems related to indigenous peoples. This context had a radical influence on her career, and led her to co-found the Green Party in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1987. Other publications: Fisher, Jean, et. al. Maria Thereza Alves, École des beaux-arts de Nantes, 2013. Alves, Maria Thereza, et. al. The Return of a Lake, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Colone, 2012. Artist: Maria Thereza Alves Authors: Maria Thereza Alves, T. J. Demos Editors: muac-unam Editorial Coordinator: Ekaterina Alvarez Romero Language: Spanish and English First edition, 2014 Extension: 55 pages Format: 8.66 in x 6.3 in MSRP: $7.95 USD ISBN: 978-607-02-5644-8 Target: University community, academics and interested public in contemporary art. The Return of a Lake explores colonial despoiling of the lands and waters of the indigenous communities of the Valley of Mexico, as well as the ecological and urban disaster that sifts through the megalopolis of Mexico City. It analyzes the historical conditions under which an ancient lake in the Valle de Chalco was drained by the continued efforts of conquistadors, landowners and governments, and the way in which it is expressed today in the imminent flooding of the settlements east of Mexico City. The Return of a Lake chronicles the activism and cultural resistance that have coalesced in the activities of those who seek to preserve and reactivate the memory of indigenous lakeshore communities, and questions the passivity with which the inhabitants of this city join in a neocolonial suicide. This exhibition is a research project begun in 2009 by Maria Thereza Alves, in collaboration with the Museo Comunitario del Valle Xico, and was presented at dOCUMENTA (13) in 2012. Contemporary Art
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