With an eye toward reconsidering the role of the curator as translator or mediator, we decided first to create a report of the facts as they occurred within the context of the factory and the exhibition space. We asked Ignacio Perales, vocalist of Los Pellejos and a professional claims adjuster, to prepare a brief, objective report of the exhibition as it appeared before the viewer’s eyes. We then invited Valeria Luiselli to imagine a story that could narrate how the artworks that comprise this exhibition communicate between themselves and with the environment that surrounds them. The end result is a novella that has as its starting point a series of concrete clues. The author shared each chapter on a weekly basis with a group of workers at the Jumex factory, and this process, in turn, generated a long-distance dialogue that helped to further enrich the plot.

This publication represents an integral part of the curatorial process, as it also constitutes an extension, in time and space, of the exhibition itself.

*This book was selected as one of the best 50 books of 2013 in Design Observer’s 50 Books/50 Covers competition.