Memorias
A reencounter with faded memories from Mexico

Do you remember the warmth of a hug? The feeling of a summer breeze in the countryside? The atmosphere of seeing a childhood friend smile? Do you remember what it felt like to travel with your family, watching the landscape change through the window? I have been living away from home for the last six years, since I moved to Japan. During this time, I often find myself looking back, trying to remember my life in Mexico and the moments that shaped me. Some memories have disappeared. Some have faded. Others remain clear, almost like water. But what stays with me most is not always the image itself. It is the atmosphere, the feeling of how those moments lived inside me. I remember road trips with my family, the volcano Popocatépetl in Puebla, the saturated markets of Oaxaca filled with color, food, smoke, and noise. I remember walking with my mother through the Zócalo, the greens of the countryside, the warmth of family, and the gardens that made Mexico feel so alive. There are many moments I wish I could remember more clearly. But with time, I have realized that beyond the image, the feeling remains. Memory does not always return as something sharp or objective. Sometimes it comes back as a color, a temperature, a texture, or a gradient. This collection is born from that space between memory and abstraction. These works are based on scenes I lived, reinterpreted through artificial intelligence to revisit them not as they looked, but as they feel inside my mind. They are not exact reconstructions of the past. They are traces of what remains. Textures of memory. Atmospheres of feeling. Gradients of a life once lived, still carrying their color within me. My hope is that others can enter these abstract spaces through their own memories and remember not only what certain moments looked like, but how they felt.

Do you remember the warmth of a hug? The feeling of a summer breeze in the countryside? The atmosphere of seeing a childhood friend smile? Do you remember what it felt like to travel with your family, watching the landscape change through the window? I have been living away from home for the last six years, since I moved to Japan. During this time, I often find myself looking back, trying to remember my life in Mexico and the moments that shaped me. Some memories have disappeared. Some have faded. Others remain clear, almost like water. But what stays with me most is not always the image itself. It is the atmosphere, the feeling of how those moments lived inside me. I remember road trips with my family, the volcano Popocatépetl in Puebla, the saturated markets of Oaxaca filled with color, food, smoke, and noise. I remember walking with my mother through the Zócalo, the greens of the countryside, the warmth of family, and the gardens that made Mexico feel so alive. There are many moments I wish I could remember more clearly. But with time, I have realized that beyond the image, the feeling remains. Memory does not always return as something sharp or objective. Sometimes it comes back as a color, a temperature, a texture, or a gradient. This collection is born from that space between memory and abstraction. These works are based on scenes I lived, reinterpreted through artificial intelligence to revisit them not as they looked, but as they feel inside my mind. They are not exact reconstructions of the past. They are traces of what remains. Textures of memory. Atmospheres of feeling. Gradients of a life once lived, still carrying their color within me. My hope is that others can enter these abstract spaces through their own memories and remember not only what certain moments looked like, but how they felt.
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JARDINES DE XOCHIMILCO
JARDINES DE XOCHIMILCO
CIUDAD DE MEXICO, MEXICO · 1997
ELLA EN CUERNAVACA
ELLA EN CUERNAVACA
CUERNAVACA, MEXICO · 1999
PERDIDA ENTRE FLORES
PERDIDA ENTRE FLORES
OAXACA · 2004
AMANECER EN MAZUNTE
AMANECER EN MAZUNTE
Oaxaca · Summer of 2010
SU ABRAZO
SU ABRAZO
CIUDAD DE MEXICO, MEXICO · 2004
ENTRE VOLCANES
ENTRE VOLCANES
PUEBLA, MEXICO · 1998
PASILLO DE HUMO
PASILLO DE HUMO
OAXACA, MEXICO · 2012
DOMINGOS DE MERCADO
DOMINGOS DE MERCADO
TLACOLULA, MEXICO · 2020
CAMINANDO POR CHAPULTEPEC
CAMINANDO POR CHAPULTEPEC
CIUDAD DE MEXICO, MEXICO · 1997
NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ASUNCIÓN
NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ASUNCIÓN
OAXACA, MEXICO · 2010
MERCADO DE TLACOLULA
MERCADO DE TLACOLULA
TLACOLULA, MEXICO · 2011
PASEO DE LA REFORMA
PASEO DE LA REFORMA
CIUDAD DE MEXICO, MEXICO · 1997
JARDINES DE XOCHIMILCO
JARDINES DE XOCHIMILCO
CIUDAD DE MEXICO, MEXICO · 1997
ELLA EN CUERNAVACA
ELLA EN CUERNAVACA
CUERNAVACA, MEXICO · 1999
PERDIDA ENTRE FLORES
PERDIDA ENTRE FLORES
OAXACA · 2004
AMANECER EN MAZUNTE
AMANECER EN MAZUNTE
Oaxaca · Summer of 2010
SU ABRAZO
SU ABRAZO
CIUDAD DE MEXICO, MEXICO · 2004
ENTRE VOLCANES
ENTRE VOLCANES
PUEBLA, MEXICO · 1998
PASILLO DE HUMO
PASILLO DE HUMO
OAXACA, MEXICO · 2012
DOMINGOS DE MERCADO
DOMINGOS DE MERCADO
TLACOLULA, MEXICO · 2020
CAMINANDO POR CHAPULTEPEC
CAMINANDO POR CHAPULTEPEC
CUIDAD DE MEXICO, MEXICO · 1997
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