Guzmán used his grandmother's camera to continue filming in Haarlem. The Harlem neighbourhood in New York was originally a town founded by Dutch immigrants in 1685. From the second half of the 20th century, it grew into a centre of the Latino community. Through a two-channel video installation, the images, sounds and voices enter into a dialogue that connects past and present from an intergenerational perspective, seen through the same lens.
The interweaving of images, texts and scenarios aims to shed light on migration from the perspective of a Spanish-speaking working-class woman and single mother in New York, and of an artist who has inherited her films, camera and memories. The installation sheds light on a film archive that records life in a distant land and the ties to the homeland through film.
This project is supported by the Mondriaan Fonds and was developed in the VOL22 studio of 37PK – Platform voor Kunsten in Haarlem.
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