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Xibalba, 1987

Color Series

While Méndez Caratini was living in Cambridge, MA, he took advantage of the computerized technology available at the Boston Film and Video Foundation and produced Xibalba. According to the Popol Vuh, the sacred book of the Mayas, Xibalba signifies the under world in Meso-American religions. The original rock engravings, stemming from his black and white Petroglífos de Boriquén series, were transformed electronically. In 1991 this photographic series was granted the Kodachrome Award of Excellence by Kodak, Rochester, NY.

Ricardo Viera
Lehigh University Art Galleries, Director / Curator
Bethlehem, PA
October, 2003