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 />
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