by Remo Campopiano
Legacy Makers Place will open in the California Building, with an exhibition of Aldo Moroni’s 45-year history as an artist. The event is open Fri, Nov.1, 4- 9, Sat, Nov. 2, 11am – 10pm, Sun, Nov.3, 11am-7pm at 2205 California St. NE, Studio #113
Then, Friday, Nov. 8, 12 pm-12 am, view M.EX.in progress: a huge mountainscape in miniature that will chronicle the history of Mesoameria, Olmec, Maya, Toltec, Mixtec, Aztec, Spanish imperialism, the Republic and contemporary Mexico.
This event will remember the 500th anniversary of the first faceto-face meeting between Spanish invader Cortez and the triple alliance emperor Montezuma. They met at the causeway of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, current-day Mexico City. The result was the attempted erasure of Mesoamerican culture. Although the Spaniards caused the death of millions of people and the destruction of the written record, the invasion failed.
Moroni’s epic clay cities involve volunteers and community members in history and architecture. Aldo’s eyes twinkle in a video: “I’m the Aldo Moroni. I make imaginary cities in the world. I am the emperor.”
The event includes the release of a limited edition of the artbook The Synoptic Codex of Mesoamerica. This will be the first of several books chronicling the events of Moroni’s latest epic work M.EX. – Mesoamerican Experience.