This is a prototype modeled on the blocks of flats of Mexico City’s Tlatelolco housing complex. Tlatelolco is striking for the graphic beauty of its original façade designs—now lost under post-1985 buttressing—and for the complex’s vast scale. The work Tlatelolcona (tr: giant Tlatelolco) communicates the excitement of architect Mario Pani’s first vision of a housing solution for Mexico City; the modern architect’s dream of order out of chaos. The work highlights the original vision of the complex’s architect Mario Pani, before it came to represent the tragedies of the 1968 student massacre and the 1985 earthquake.
Documentation: Installation at New Museum; detail of print element
Terence Gower, 2008
Wall Installation: Digital prints on cardboard, enamel-painted wood shelves, framed digital print
Approximately 70 x 320 x 20 cm overall
Curator: Jorge Munguía, Museo Tamayo
Link: New Museum (Museum as Hub)
