Akapulco 666

The project's name plays with the Nahuatl roots of "Akapolko," which means 'Where they were destroyed,' and the phonetic symbology of "AKA" alongside the number "666" and its symbolic representations in popular culture. This duality reflects my vision of the coastal city of Acapulco, on one side a violence that is intrinsically linked to its own structures and dynamics of daily life, which can manifest in very subtle but also immensely graphic and statistical ways due to excessive exposure in the media, against another violence, a resilient one that seeks to preserve the identity of a city that has experienced a golden age in the past but has since fallen into decline. Despite this, nostalgia for its glorious past persists, creating a state of collective trance where the city remains alive in the memory of what it once was, serving as a defense mechanism against the fracture of its territory, where a luxurious new area is built devoid of its culture and historical heritage, reflecting an attempt to escape from decay and present problems. But in doing so, it may also be suppressing fundamental aspects of its identity. 'Akapulco 666' questions the political and media discourses that perpetuate subtle and direct forms of oppression, while seeking to overcome human divisions where violence coexists with the pursuit of human connection. It challenges the idea of pacification as a way of life in this cannibalistic system, to recognize that violence is an inherent aspect of change and the human condition.