‘Huitzilopochtli, 2336’
September 2016 - October 2017
Commissioned multi-media installation exploring migration. Located at John C. Little, Sr. Park. Part of the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture’s 2016 Art Interruptions. Featuring audio of the Rufous hummingbirds, courtesy of the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
The Rufous is a migratory hummingbird that travels thousands of miles annually from Mexico to its summer grounds in the Pacific Northwest. Known as the most fearless and ruthless of all North American hummingbirds, they echo the fierce Mexica (Aztec) god of warfare and sunlight, Huitzilopochtli (wē′tsə-lō-pōch′tlē).
Intended to be on display from September 2016 until December 2016, the installation was vandalized and destroyed, rebuilt, and extended until October 2017.
Highlighted on Seattle Channel’s Art Zone with Nancy Guppy. Watch video here:
Huitzilopochtli, 2336
Art Interruptions, an annual temporary art program created by the Office of Arts & Culture, is funded by Seattle Department of Transportation 1% for Art funds.
Thanks to: Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (Marcia & Liz), 2016 Public Art Book Camp Cohorts, SDOT, Seattle Parks & Recreation (Nick & Bill), Fremont Laser and Design, Capitol Hill Tool Library, Pacific Supply, Museo Nacional de Antropología - INAH, Museo del Templo Mayor - INAH, my CDMX research team (Marcie, Tanya, Kat, Lorenzo, Martha, Ani, Ed), and the Rodriguez family.