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Digital Mural Project: Armando Rascón
9/7/2002 - 2/8/2003

Aztlán Life Extension Foundation, by Armando Rascón, is a digital mural based on a meta-fiction that offers “an alternative path towards extending life thru the alchemy of spirit and science.”

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Armando Rascón's Aztlán Life Extension Foundation portrays a vernacular souvenir of folk-saint Jésus Malverde, the patron of those who risk their lives crossing the Mexico/U.S. border. The act of creating an icon through a folk-saint such as Jésus Malverde speaks of the need to establish a spiritual repository for faith, fate, fear, and sacrifice. The mural also suggests the notion of a ‘post-border’ defined beyond politics and economy.