Mauricio EsquivelEsquivel

El Salvador, 1983

Mauricio EsquivelEsquivel

Archeological Debris
I am a native of a region that, in precolonial times, was inhabited by the Náhuat-Pipil, Lenca, and Kakawira people and connected to the Mayan civilization and the Olmec cosmogony (1600 – 400 B.C.) Unfortunately, colonization dictatorships, subsequent commercial influence, and post-colonialism have eroded our ancestral culture. This is reflected in the loss of our native languages or leaving them up to extinction and adopting Spanish and English as our actual forms of communication under occidental philosophies or religions.
My research focuses on a juxtaposition of timeframes from ancestral culture and its relationship with the natural environment to our present, marked by technological advances and the over-exploitation of natural resources and ecosystems. My structure is based on historical migration and its consecutive problems like violence and erosion of cultures imposed by colonialism and post-colonialism practices.