Headmistress González expected the young girls of Santa María to live by the example of the Virgin. They were taught to be refined and loyal. To never speak when not spoken to. To do their solemnly duties with grace and dignity. They were expected to earn the respect of their future husbands and carry a considerable burden. They learned to cook and to sew; to read and write; to care for their family’s finances. And, most importantly, to have proper hygiene, and serve their husbands every whim and desire. The headmistress was not shy about taking out a belt when warranted, which was not an intermittent occurrence.
“Fear God’s wrath,” she was often heard saying to the girls.
A novella by Nicholas Gill and Alejandro Cartagena.
A collection of 151 “expired photographs” that were thrown out, collected from a tianguis outside of Mexico City by photographer and archivist Alejandro Cartagena and then pieced together and reimagined by writer Nicholas Gill. The 151-page novella tells the tale of the fictional town of Santa María de las Rocas, located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
The story traces this coastal community from its humble origins at the turn of the century to the 1980s, as it corresponds to real events in the history of this corner of Mexico. As years pass, the landscape changes and the community grows and develops. There’s corruption and violence, magic and hope. Characters fall in love and fall apart. Their voices are heard. Their songs are sung.
The existence of this project is designed to question the very nature of storytelling and its possibilities in the digital age. As such, it’s done as a CO0, for free public use.
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Headmistress González expected the young girls of Santa María to live by the example of the Virgin. They were taught to be refined and loyal. To never speak when not spoken to. To do their solemnly duties with grace and dignity. They were expected to earn the respect of their future husbands and carry a considerable burden. They learned to cook and to sew; to read and write; to care for their family’s finances. And, most importantly, to have proper hygiene, and serve their husbands every whim and desire. The headmistress was not shy about taking out a belt when warranted, which was not an intermittent occurrence.
“Fear God’s wrath,” she was often heard saying to the girls.
A novella by Nicholas Gill and Alejandro Cartagena.
A collection of 151 “expired photographs” that were thrown out, collected from a tianguis outside of Mexico City by photographer and archivist Alejandro Cartagena and then pieced together and reimagined by writer Nicholas Gill. The 151-page novella tells the tale of the fictional town of Santa María de las Rocas, located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
The story traces this coastal community from its humble origins at the turn of the century to the 1980s, as it corresponds to real events in the history of this corner of Mexico. As years pass, the landscape changes and the community grows and develops. There’s corruption and violence, magic and hope. Characters fall in love and fall apart. Their voices are heard. Their songs are sung.
The existence of this project is designed to question the very nature of storytelling and its possibilities in the digital age. As such, it’s done as a CO0, for free public use.