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Daniel Godínez Nivón

Daniel Godínez Nivón is a visual artist, educator and independent researcher based between Amsterdam and Mexico City. His practice is grounded in tequio, a form of collective work rooted in Indigenous communities, especially in Oaxaca, Mexico, shaping a practice that brings together social participation, pedagogy and collective knowledge-making. Godínez Nivón investigates the ties between dreaming and the living world, asking how the dreams of humans and other beings can illuminate environmental crises and spark collective imagination.

He studied at the UNAM Faculty of Arts and Design in Mexico City and later completed a residency at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht (2021–2022). His work has been exhibited, screened and performed internationally, including at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Museo Tamayo, MUAC, Van Abbemuseum, Kunsthalle Bern, macLYON, Amant and ATLAS Arts. In 2022, he received the Prince Claus Fellowship Award and represented Mexico at the 23rd Milan Triennale, where the Mexican Pavilion received the Silver Bee Award.

Part of The Space Between Breaths

Portrait Daniel Godínez Nivón. Photo: Catalina Reyes

Daniel Godínez Nivón, Dreamwind, 2022. Video Full HD 08:40 min. Courtesy of the artist. In collaboration with: Ute Wasserman, Amalia Nivón, Fernando Vigueras, Sergio Espinosa, David Camargo Voice poem: Amalia Nivón Music: Fernando Vigueras Edition: Sergio Espinosa Color: David Camargo Poem: Daniel Godínez Nivón Translation: Sophia Krugman E. Photo: Pauline Assathiany

About Dreamwind, 2022

In the video installation Dreamwind (2022), Daniel Godínez Nivón explores whether birds dream and how people might imagine their dreams. The work links scientific research into bird brains with indigenous Zapotec knowledge, in which dreams are a means of forming relationships with other life forms and the environment. Breath and wind play a central role: they carry movement, memory and communication, and connect birds, landscapes and seasons with one another. In this way, the work explores how different life forms are interconnected and how imagination can broaden our understanding of the non-human world. 

Website: https://www.danielgodineznivon.com/ Instagram: @danielgodineznivon