LA TLANCHANA

A massive freestanding cactus column, measuring the sum of the eight pillars of the atrium, rises from the centre of the 16^th Century convent of St. John  at Metepec. Hidden clay jars full of water are imbedded inside the column, representing the Baptist and the Prehispanic Tlanchana nymph that some people have seen wondering in this area. A sound installation surrounds this organic architectural structure.