Directed by Magali Lara, Coyolxauhqui Imperative, 2022, features the multidisciplinary Mexican artist Naomi Rincón Gallardo examining her interest in Mesoamerican ways of knowing.

270 is a series of short films created to preserve and amplify the rich contributions of Latin American artists. Each film is one artist’s homage to another, resulting in an intimate portrait of a single living artist whose work has shaped engagement with contemporary art.

The series title, 270, alludes to the concise length of the films, varying at brief vignettes of around 270 seconds or four and a half minutes. The resulting films capture facets of each artist’s life and creative journey, shining a light on the networks that have supported artistic production and celebrating the subjects’ contributions to our shared cultural histories.

The 270 film series was produced with creative direction from artist Julio Grinblatt and supported by the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA), New York.


Directed by Magali Lara
Featuring Naomi Rincón Gallardo
Produced by Julio Grinblatt
Edited by Luis Hidalgo
Sound design by Nahú Rodríguez Montoya
Music: “Enigma” (Instrumental version) by Federico Schmucler, originally composed for Naomi Rincón Gallardo, “The Formaldehyde Trip,” 2017
Photography by Claudia López Terroso
Translation by Jane Brodie
Thanks to Alexander Alberro, Gabriel León, Parallel Oaxaca

All works © and courtesy Naomi Rincón Gallardo

© Institute for the Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA)