Interference Archive presents La Autonomía es la Vida, la Sumisión es la Muerte (Autonomy is Life, Submission is Death) a graphic art portfolio, produced by Convergencia Grafica MALLA and Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative. This exhibition honors the 520 years of struggle of the indigenous peoples of Mexico against genocide and for self-determination and autonomy through a celebration of the 20 years of the Zapatista movement’s resistance against the Mexican state and global capitalism.

 The portfolio was produced in the spirit of solidarity with the Zapatista movement and with the many autonomous communities in Mexico. The twenty artists who produced imagery inspired by these struggles for autonomy, and by the new political horizons opened by the resistant acts of speaking and listening that emerged after the uprising on January 1, 1994. The artists offer their work as a starting point to reflect on the power of those struggles, and to spark a shared conversation about what this autonomous theorizing and practice can offer us as we walk together toward a new world.

 Participating artists include: Argelia Leodegario, Bec Young, Elizabeth Mota, Fernando Martí, Gandhi Noyola, Iseo Noyola, Jaime Villarreal, Jesús Barraza, Joel Martínez, Kevin Caplicki, Lilian Guigue, Lucía Vidales, Mariana Sasso, Marshall Weber, Mazatl, Melanie Cervantes, Roger Peet, Salvador Alba, Thea Gahr, Yobany Mendoza.