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Mapping Meaning, the Journal (Issue No. 1)

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<strong>No</strong>tes on<br />

an archive<br />

Nat Castañeda<br />

Left | Mexico Excavations<br />

Workers from Mexico’s<br />

National Institute of<br />

Anthropology look over a<br />

complete skeleton found<br />

during construction of a<br />

subway line in Mexico City,<br />

June 12, 1995. Finds such<br />

as <strong>the</strong>se are common in<br />

Mexico City, which was<br />

built on a lake bed and was<br />

already one of <strong>the</strong> largest<br />

cities in <strong>the</strong> world when<br />

Hernán de Cortés arrived<br />

in 1519. The archaeologists<br />

are attempting to determine<br />

from what period <strong>the</strong><br />

skeletons date. (AP Photo/<br />

Guillermo Gutierrez)<br />

Nat Castañeda is an interdisciplinary visual<br />

artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Castañeda<br />

works primarily in video and collage, with an<br />

emphasis on tactile intimacy with her materials<br />

remaining an important aspect of all her projects.<br />

Common issues in Castañeda’s work are <strong>the</strong> role<br />

of technology within personal narratives and<br />

exploring unknown and underrepresented stories<br />

within <strong>the</strong> historical record.<br />

She received her MFA from <strong>the</strong> School of Visual<br />

Arts and has shown at venues such as El Museo<br />

del Barrio and Electronic Arts Intermix. In<br />

addition to her art practice, Castañeda works<br />

at The Associated Press where she curates<br />

AP’s photographic archive of historical and<br />

contemporary photojournalism. Castañeda’s<br />

photography has appeared in <strong>the</strong> New York<br />

Times, U.S. News & World Report and USA Today.<br />

<strong>Issue</strong> N o 1<br />

65

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