In »Sonnet of Vermin,« a legion of unwanted creatures related to the Mesoamerican underworld attempt to attune to one another and to the dead in the midst of a planetary catastrophe.
The vermin are unspecific animals who are associated with damage or destruction of the environment. In this video, a bat broadcasts frequencies from a tomb with the help of a funerary bundle-radio. A group of frogs-children are paranormal cyborg amphibians who have adapted to toxicity, demanding another fix of cyanide. A twisted scorpion is a bad omen who rallies for the right of infection. A snake sheds her skin while she announces the transformation of the cycles. A telluric alligator devours all what she finds on her way. A brigade of arms insists on raising from the earth.
All of them seek a subaltern solidarity and queer relationality as a form of resurrection within the ruins.
Directed, scripted and edited by: Naomi Rincón-Gallardo
Cast: Mili Herrera, Chichis Glam, Luis Enrique García, Naomi Rincó-Gallardo, Sima González Chernysheva, Mic Quetzali Morales Posada, León Emilio Pérez Sánchez, Mateo Calixto Pérez Sánchez, Victoria Ramírez González, Eugenia Varela Ordóńez, Julia Zylberberg Panebianco. Cinematography and camera: Masha Godovannaya
Music Composition: Federico Schmucler
Electronic Sound Design and Psychotronic Engineering: Enrique Arriaga
Incidental Music and Credits Theme: Esteban King
Incidental sound: Nahú Rodríquez
Sound Mix and Master: Rod Esquivel at Madre de Dios CDMB
Still Photography: Claudia López Terroso
Drone Operator: José Galicia
Choreography facilitator: Helmar Álvarez Bernal
Production Assistant and Make-Up: Guichi Neyra
Reed Craftmen: Uriel Ambrosio, Benito José Martínez
Props, masks and costume design: Naomi Rincón-Gallardo
Taylors: Naomi Rincón-Gallardo, La Maskarería OAX-MEX
Studio Assistant: Caro Pech
Blacksmithing: Isai Cruz
Electric lights for props: Eliut Méndez
Field Producer: Oliver Martínez Kandt
»Sonnet of Vermin« was made possible with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Mexico through the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature for the exhibition Until the Songs Spring, Mexican Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition | La Biennale di Venezia. Video Produced with the support/stimulus of the Support System For Creation and Cultural Projects (FONCA).
CTM 2026 Exhibition
24.1. – 22.3.2026 | Free entry
daadgalerie & Kunstraum Kreuzberg