is a transmedia project that uses film and an array of digital tools in order
to propose a new approach to understanding violence in Mexico. Taking on subjects
such as national identity, power relations, work culture, and traditions, we seek
to broaden the concept of violence by focusing on its structural nature.
We believe that rather than a single perspective, there are a variety of ways to approach it.
Learn more about the project in this document.
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We tread mexican national territory filming video pieces that make up an archive of
different cinematic genres: documentary, fiction and interviews. In addition, we also
collect objects, images, sounds, and music. With this multimedia archive, we seek to
document Mexico’s diverse realities. This material is then classified in a database by its formal
traits and by a set of subjective tags that describe both the contents of the image and
the underlying themes associated with the media.
DERIVA.MX begins with the participation of the public by answering a web questionnaire.
The answers are then analyzed in order to create connections that can be translated to
different media combinations and narrative sequences. Each screening is different and a
unique film is generated. The aim of this film is to convey the interests, concerns
and opinions of the public involved.