Ithaca College

Mara Alper's latest documentary, Visions of the Huichol, was invited to be exhibited at the Kampo Museum, an art museum in Kyoto, Japan, in November 2009.  It will be an intrinsic part of an exhibit of Mexican Huichol (pronounced "WE-chol") tribal art curated by Aurelio Asiain, a Mexican diplomat in Japan. 

Segments of the documentary to be exhibited include how the intricate art is made, daily life in the mountain villages, healing rituals and ceremonial events. These segments are part of a one-hour documentary which Alper is editing in bilingual versions.

Visions of the Huichol is a collaborative project. Annette Levine, professor of modern languages and literatures, created the subtitles for the bilingual English/Spanish DVD, and philosophy major Emiliano Acevedo '09 did extensive translations. Park School alumna Shauna Leff '99 (a television-radio graduate) assisted with vidoegraphy and fellow TV-R alumna Alexis Sexauer '06 assisted with editing.

The project received support from the provost office's CFRD program, the Park School dean's office, and the Experimental Television Center, which is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts.
 
For more information, contact Mara Alper at malper@ithaca.edu or www.MaraAlper.com.