Crucified Community Memory at a Late Archaic Temple

Photos by Nathan Craig as part of the Blackberry 8100 series. Located Fortaleza valley of Peru, Huaricanga is a Late Preceramic archaeological site. It is one of the earliest manifestations of large scale monumental architecture in the Western Hemisphere. Indigenous highland peoples displaced by mining activites are now starting to homestead on the archaeological site. These two crosses were erected and decorated as part of the communities syncretic ritual activites.

Vitual Explorations of Mundane Practices

Located in Tucson, AZ at the time of practice, Vichama (Margaret Brown Vega) and JiskaMalki (a transgendered representation of Nathan Craig), the Blog's creators explore the South Korean created virtual world of Shaiya.

Vichama and JiskaMalki participate in the virtual trans-national global market as they exchange weapons with Realgraham, a character who was playing from Mexico.

As they wait to receive their reward for defending the imagined community of the Vail during a player vs. player special event, Vichama and JiskaMalki experience bureaucracy and the mundane materialize in the virtual landscape of Shaiya. Waiting in line again...

The Blog's Creators (Re)created Virtually

The creators of this blog Oyja X (Margaret Brown Vega) and Ndjawe Banton Congo (Nathan Craig) materialize virtually in the virtual materiality of Dungeons and Dragons Online.

Peru Movie Collection

Nathan and Margaret have been collecting pirated Peruvian movies that were made in the Andes, by Andean Peoples, and that focus on Andean themes (as opposed to the feishizing perspective of the 'otherizing' lens of Hollywood). This assemblage of self expressive visual materiality has accumulated from hours combing the black markets of Lima, Huaura, Puno, and beyond.

We will continue to share reflexive thoughts pertaining to the act of collecting and the collection its self. In the mean time, here is the list of disks that we have accumulated.