Momus // Contemporary Art Writing in Mexico
The Intractable and Necessary Issue of Corruption
“Hablar de corrupción es tocar a Mexico en el corazón,” my mentor said. “Be careful.”
Tocar. Transitive verb meaning: to touch, to feel, to play, to have to do something, to ring, to sound, to touch on, to strike, to be one’s turn, and in some sense it has no direct translation.
Image credit: Teresa Margolles, "¿De qué otra cosa podemos hablar? Bandera flotante, (What Else Could We talk About? Submerged Flag)," 2009.
