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Sound on! This new super 8 film features a special score by composer Dani Shivers (@danishivers), a musician whose hauntingly beautiful work I’ve long admired and who created the perfect atmosphere for this piece. The cemetery viewed here in static vignettes on a blustery early spring day is emblematic of changing and growing needs from a longstanding community in northern NM, standing as a new addition to a historic site.

The exhibition will remain on view Tuesday-Fridays, 10am-5pm, through June 29. I will speak more to this piece and how it responds to Ansel Adams’ 1941 photograph, ‘Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico’, alongside docu-segments, at a June 18, 6pm talk/screening at CENTER. Details in bio! by @jcgonzo

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Attending the 2026 Border Biennial openings at both @elpasomuseumofart and @museodeartedeciudadjuarez was affirming and inspiring. I loved witnessing and learning about multiple perspectives, experiences, and values from such a diverse cross-section of artists. The borderland’s influence is vast and multilayered, and I’m forever grateful to have been included in this cohort. Curators Dr. Adriana Miramontes Olivas and Alejandro Morales put together a really great show.

Thank you to the museum curators and admin (Michael Reyes, Diego Diego, Edward Hayes, and more) for such a gracious welcome and thoughtful opening receptions. Massive thanks for the gorgeous installations of my work to both museums. The special care and effort by both institutions really delivered my hopes and intentions for how these pieces are experienced. Seeing ‘23 Minutes…’ in this fashion was wonderful. It was also my first visit to the Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez—very cool architecture!

The exhibition is on view in El Paso through May 2, 2027, and in Juarez, through Feb. 14, 2027. by @jcgonzo

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I’ll be at the Border Biennial opening tonight in El Paso and tomorrow in Juarez. At the end of 2023 I began filming “23 Minutes of Chihuahuan Desert” and this past spring I completed it. Each visit was time spent with family and time spent wandering into the desert, one cartridge of super 8 at a time. Glad to see it finally come together and be shown in the heart of what birthed it. by @jcgonzo

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For the 2026 Border Biennial / Bienal Fronteriza, I’m thrilled to share my film ‘23 Minutes of Chihuahuan Desert.’ The piece implements structural filmmaking elements to hold meditative space for the discords and harmonies between place and perception that we carry. Scored by the incredible @the_land_ethic.wav (Andrew Weathers), each minute presents a static view of the desert surrounding the El Paso/Juarez border region.

Shot over the course of three years with super 8 film, I wanted to present this landscape I grew up with in its various complex states of being. This historically contested area is politically charged, mythologized, unsustainably utilized, and is both the passageway and home of many cultures. In a narrative film, the landscape sets the stage. In this film, the landscape is the stage.

Weathers’ score incorporates field recordings of the region, recalling a faint but recognizable fusion of human activity and nature. For me, it evoked what it feels like to exist outside, in this desert, for a long period of time. The film will be installed at the @elpasomuseumofart and opens on Sept. 4th. I’ll be sharing more about what I’ll be exhibiting at the @museodeartedeciudadjuarez (opening Sept. 5th) soon! by @jcgonzo

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Final week for ‘A New Mexican Burial’ on view at @centersantafe — through Friday, 10am-5pm! Thanks to all for the support, and for attending the show and its programs.

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Special thanks to CENTER and its staff, to my friends who’ve helped with so many facets (Lauren Douglas, Mikayla Gonzales, Ken Nebel, Daniel Ulibarri, April Chalay, and more), the Black Range Museum, Hillsboro Historic Society, Kingston Ghost Town Museum, to Daniel Siuba and his score for the documentary, and to Dani Shivers for her score for the super 8mm film, and my partner Dylan Anderson. Couldn’t have done this without you all! Lastly, thank you to the City of Santa Fe Arts & Culture Department. -JC by @jcgonzo

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As New Mexico transitioned from burials beneath church floors to cemeteries, some sites required each household to contribute adobe bricks to build the cemetery’s parameter walls. With scant resources, towns had to adapt creative solutions to maintaining these new burial sites and methods.

Hear me talk about this and more at Thursday nights talk/screening! That’s tomorrow, June 18, 6pm, at @centersantafe — open to the public.

Pictured are the adobe bricks I commissioned from my father, Juan Gonzalez, seen in slide two. Photos by @d.u_ by @jcgonzo

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At 6pm on Thursday, June 18 I will be hosting a talk and screening at @centersantafe featuring my docu-vignettes on the Black Range region of New Mexico. I’ll share some insights on my artistic process and progression through this series while providing some historical context on New Mexico’s unique evolution of burial practices.

In this clip: Kingston Ghost Town Museum founder Barbara Lovell discusses her research on the Kingston cemetery. Kingston, another mining town in the Black Range area, carries some unique distinguishing qualities.

🎶 by @daniel_the_most by @jcgonzo

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Thank you all for coming out to last Friday’s opening! It has been a labor of love, and I’m thrilled to have had the opportunity to share this body of work at a whole new capacity. Huge appreciation to all who’ve helped along the way, CENTER, and the City of Santa Fe Arts & Culture Dept.

The exhibition is on view through June 29, and is open Tuesday-Friday from 10am to 5pm. More details regarding my talk/screening soon.

Photos by @d.u_ 🙏🖤 by @jcgonzo

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“I remember going to a funeral by my church in La Union, New Mexico, and immediately noticing the distinction and uniqueness of the space. Even in cartoons, you see the traditional marble— you see traditional stone. The desert landscape provided a different setting, but was sometimes literally incorporated with the headstones—cholla crosses, native plant life planted directly and intentionally onto burial mounds.” — @jcgonzo

Read about JC Gonzo’s A New Mexican Burial in the @sfreporter’s article, “Desert Dead,” at sfreporter.com/arts/desert-dead-in-santa-fe, and join us this evening for the opening reception, 5–7 PM at CENTER.

EXHIBITION DATES • May 29–June 28, 2026
OPENING RECEPTION • May 29, 5–7 PM (MT)
DOCUMENTARY SCREENING • June 18, 2026, 6 PM (MT)
POLAROID WORKSHOP • June 20, 2026, 1 PM (MT)
GALLERY HOURS • Tuesday–Friday, 10 AM–5 PM (MT)
WHERE • CENTER, 1570 Pacheco St, B-1, Santa Fe, NM 87505
HOW • Free & Public
LEARN MORE • centersantafe.org/a-new-mexican-burial

Image: From the series A New Mexican Burial © JC Gonzo taken in Santa Fe, New Mexico by @jcgonzo

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A clip from the docu-series featuring Garland Bills of Hillsboro discussing the towns cemetery. The full version will be screened on June 16 at Center, 6pm, proceeded by a talk. The music in this docu-series is by @daniel_the_most (Daniel Siuba). ✨

The former Hillsboro Historical Society board member and UNM professor has taken on documenting and researching graves for Hillsboro and Lake Valley. While not a cemetery keeper, having had spoken to cemetery keepers, I’ve assessed that many of the challenges faced here are relatively prevalent, especially in older and/or rural areas. by @jcgonzo

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Busy preparing the finishing touches on the body of work to be exhibited on Friday! Framing, gathering supplies, and spreading the word. Looking forward to sharing two video works—a short doc on the Black Range area of NM, and a new, super 8 film—both with special scores by incredible artists. More details and clips forthcoming!

Opening is at @centersantafe on May 29 from 5-7pm. by @jcgonzo

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Later this month, join me at CENTER (@centersantafe) for the opening reception of ‘A New Mexican Burial’—featuring a combination of new, existing and unexhibited work from the project, as well as new works on film and video. The exhibition opens on May 29, from 5-7pm. More details on the bio link.

This exhibition was made possible in part by The City of Santa Fe Arts & Culture Department, which has really aided in continuing the project. by @jcgonzo

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