“Aktikpil”, which means 3 in Coahuiltec (pronounced Ah-teek-peel)
An essay on screen printing as social practice, by Dominick Porras 12/2023
Covid Sketch design, screened for 2023 Souls of the City in Old Sacramento's Dia De Los Muertos Public Ceremony
by Dominick Porras 11/2023
N’ AikoMulgar Sanima - Before We Commune : 2023
An animation work that communicates through the Mesoamerican cosmovision. It acknowledges history and mythology as one and not separate from its existence. I reactivate and speak these words in Comecrudo, a dialect of the Coahuiltecan voices.
Voladores: Kgosni : 2023
Serigraphy & silver reflective paper
13”x19” silkscreen and inkThe 21st century has also delimited the traditional gendered roles in who can become a Volador/a. Permeating in several regions throughout Mexico are Volador schools that disregard gender and challenge the traditional roles that have existed for centuries.
YUCCA : 2023
Digital Print - Vector Illustration - 12"x18"
Inspired from Talking Stones found along Pecos River this illustration in continuance with southern Rio Grande rock art aesthetic. “Yucca”, the word itself is borrowed the Taino Language, and continues to be adapted through modern day languages.