Aire Especial para Batir Records June 6-13, 2009 Windows Brooklyn 157 Smith Street Aire Especial is a site-specific installation based on the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Aire Especial includes a full-scale window drawing, sculpture, a meditative drawing, and digital prints. Each work aims to investigate and activate the collective memory of the '68 Games. The title of the installation is borrowed from small metal souvenir boxes available during the Games inscribed with: Aire de Mexico, Aire Especial para Batir Records (Air of Mexico, Special Air for Breaking Records). Though I have yet to find any photos of these boxes, I find very powerful the idea of a keepsake that contains the vital air of the events of 1968. My replica souvenir acts as a mini-altar, offering a connection to the bravery, determination, sacrifice, and energy of the people and events of 1968. More images of Aire Especial