Those Who Watch: Wrestling Videogames and the Design of Attention

By Mudmap Editorial
A video essay examining how wrestling videogames render spectators, shifting focus from the ring to the crowd, where repetition, distance, and simulation reshape individuality.

Why the Founder of Palantir Abandoned Fassbinder?

By José Ibañez
Starting from Fassbinder’s cinema and a minor academic omission, the text takes an unlikely detour to think about how power has shifted from scenes to prediction.

The Center of Attention: Trump, Rallies and Ritual

By Mudmap Editorial
A desktop documentary observing rallies as spatial rituals, where repetition, staging, and screens maintain a center beyond speech or ideology.

Havana – Hong Kong Video Letters #2 Lucy Aukafolau (2022)

By Mudmap Editorial
A video letter from Hong Kong responding to Havana. Through movement, everyday details, and moments of transition, the exchange continues across distance and time.

Television After Everyone Left: Nothing by LJ Frezza

By Bernat Villalobos
Notes on Seinfeld’s empty shots. Familiar television spaces reconsidered through absence. Listening to what remains once laughter fades.

Havana – Hong Kong Video Letters #1 Eloy Infante (2022)

By Mudmap Editorial
A four-part video letter exchange between Havana and Hong Kong. Two artists reflect on place, memory, and movement across cities.

Never Went to Quilpué by Luciano Contreras (2018)

By Nina Pacotte
A playful video letter connecting two mostly imagined cities. Made during our first video letter workshop in 2018, it turns guesswork and quiet humor into a gesture of connection.

A Cartographic Gem Found Online: Mapamundi by Javier Zoro

By José Ibañez
A quietly brilliant documentary linking maps, labor, and lived space. Mapamundi (2013) reflects on how worlds are drawn and who gets left out.

Welcome to Mudmap

By Mudmap Editorial
A first map of the paths, formats, and questions that will shape the magazine. An approach to images based on montage, circulation, and attention.
Scroll al inicio