Full-time/part-time visiting lecturer at Tecnológico de Monterrey including 30+ (semester) courses and 20+ (1-4 weeks) workshops.

Flying Fish Over Mexico visual theater I Tarahumara Project video installation I The House of My Dreams short film I Myths MX arts event I The Barbaric Country website I Barbaric Portraits digital media I Poetry Marathon literature event I Family Tree film project

Tecnológico de Monterrey

2004-2006 / 2012-2017 I Mexico

University

Long-term collaboration with Tecnológico de Monterrey (2004-2017) as full-time and part-time lecturer including 30+ (semester) courses and 20+ (1-4 weeks) workshops.

COURSES: Film Directing, Screenwriting, Film Production, Television Production, Theater Production, Audiovisual Narrative, et al. CAMPUS: 2012-2017 Chihuahua I 2015 Sonora I 2006 Querétaro I 2005-2006 Mexico City I 2004-2005 Mexico State PROJECTS: Visual Theater: Flying Fish Over Mexico I Video Installation: Tarahumara Project I Short Film: The House of My Dreams I Arts Event: Myths MX I Literature Event: Poetry Marathon I Website: The Barbaric Country I Digital Media: Barbaric Portraits, Family Tree.

"I’ve worked in university in the frame of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) since my first position ever at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico State, and Querétaro (2004-2006). Then, I returned to collaborate at Tec Sonora Norte (2017), and Tec Chihuahua (2012-2017) where I worked with a full generation of students. Among other projects, we made films, visual theater, video art, digital media, websites, arts events, and a literature event.” —PV

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Tec21

"Flying Fish Over Mexico marked my first response to university life. After transitioning from the New York Film Academy, I moved to Mexico to teach for the first time at Tec. I arrived in Mexico State in late July, and by November, we premiered this theater-dance project at the Tec Auditorium. We also presented it at the Teatro Salvador Novo in February. The project attracted a diverse group of external contributors, lecturers, and students, who later collaborated with me on projects for Televisa’s Espacio Cine and the Cancun Riviera Maya International Film Festival.

Tarahumara Project is a particularly meaningful artistic endeavor. It owes much to the support of the Tarahumara Pueblo and several key individuals: Ivonne Juárez, Virginia Aceves, Isaac Estrella, and Jorge del Rivero at Tec, as well as María José Valles from Municipio de Chihuahua, and Enrique Servín from the Instituto Chihuahuense de la Cultura. This video installation was made possible through the collaboration with the Tourism Board of Chihuahua State. The House of My Dreams is a short film that was produced in just one day and completed within a month. This work was part of a broader Transversal Program that involved students, lecturers, artists, and professionals. It engaged a wide community, including local museums, the press, families, and friends.

Myths MX serves as a dynamic showcase blending dance, writing, digital media, and photography. As the Communication Director for Crossing Stages, co-funded by the European Union at UC3M, I had the opportunity to connect both institutions. Tec students played a crucial role in producing digital media for the project. The Barbaric Country is a website created in just five days for Semana i (Innovation Week), developed by students from various fields, including Architecture, Engineering, and Law. This team produced graphic design, fiction and non-fiction writing, digital media, and photography. Barbaric Portraits explores the concept of “barbaric” as a reflection of the enduring spirit of the people of Chihuahua.

I also coordinated a staged reading by Dr. Mary Hernández and students during the Poetry Marathon organized by the city at Pancho Villa Park. Lastly, the Family Tree documentary film project, where students uncover extraordinary stories while researching their family history, involved two universities and four campuses." --PV

Work Integrated Learning

VISUAL THEATER

Flying Fish Over Mexico (2004-2005, Mexico/Spain, 60min) visual theater by Pedro Valiente.

Visual theater-dance

SYNOPSIS Flying Fish Over Mexico visual theater-dance exploring the origins of humans and the Mexican identity. The story follows two parallel plots. The love of Gondwana and Laurasia, the two continents in which the original megacontinent Pangea split up, and views of Mexican cultures. As a physical and emotional mirror of both: Butoh, Japanese avant-garde dance, shows inner meanings: the search of love inside humans and the search of a common identity in a nation soul.

Flying Fish Over Mexico is a production by Flying Fish Work with the support of the National Center for the Arts through the National Theater School in Mexico City in 2005, and Tecnológico de Monterrey in 2004. [Peces voladores sobre México, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Escuela Nacional de Teatro, Teatro Salvador Novo] I Site

CAST Endless Lovers: Leopoldo Rivera, María Sandoval I White Dancers: Denise Barber, Rolando Martínez, Nadia Zúñiga, Adrián Hernández, Rodrigo Leal, César Rodríguez, Francia Castañeda, Sergio Solís I Wise Children: Roberto Castelló Lima, Tamara Henaine I Original Souls: Rafael Furlong, Rosario Dávila CREW Director/writer/producer: Pedro Valiente I Choreographer: Evelia Kochen I Producer: Guadalupe Lima I Assistant director: Leopoldo Rivera I Assistant choreographer: Adrián Ladrón I Stage coordinators: Óscar Pérez, Griselda Pérez I Stage assistant: Aaroon Buendía I Costume/Makeup: Flying Fish Work I Technical director: Jesús Treviño I Technical coordinator: Sue Ellen Bernal I Camera operators: Juan Carlos Bonilla, I Víctor Manuel Vega, Liliana Cortés I Lighting: Miguel Ángel Tavera I Visual coordinator: Rodrigo del Campo I Video: Bruno Schauwecker I Sound coordinator/public relations: Luís García TECH INFO Title: Peces Voladores Sobre México I Running time: 60min I Year: 2004-2005 I Language: Spanish I Visual theater-dance I Country: Spain/Mexico I © 2004-2005 Flying Fish Work

"What connects Pangea, Mexico, and Asia? The early history of Earth's continents and their movements suggests that the first settlers of the Americas arrived from Asia through the Bering Strait. From this, we can imagine a world where the ancient peoples of America meet their Eastern counterparts in a shared, mystical space. This encounter, we might envision, happens in a very specific moment in the universe's timeline—before the eagles and snakes, symbols of Mexico's flag, took flight. It is a time of wonder, when flying fish glided over Mexico’s shores, and the first Mexicans gazed at themselves with innocent eyes, dreaming of the future.

In this world of boundless possibility, we are reminded of the endless lovers—Gondwana and Laurasia—who, through the passage of time and space, are reborn as men and women whose love never ceases. Wise children, perhaps of the Indigo kind, carry the light of their boundless blue, symbolizing an eternal cycle of encounters and separations. The White Dancers embody the profound cycle of birth, life, and death, expressed through the radical intimacy of Butoh dance. And finally, the Original Souls represent the pre-Hispanic visions of Mexico's genesis and the origins of human life.." --PV

Earth Split in Two

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“Choreographer Evelia Kochen did an extraordinary work bringing dance to students in the Theater School at CNA. Later, cast members created theater companies such as Nadia Zúñiga (El Ensamble, Teatro Playback Barcelona), Francia Castañeda (Teatro Emtre2), and Adrián Hernández (Teatro Al Vacío). On the Tec side, we did further work on Televisa, Cancun Riviera Maya International Film Festival, and beyond. Luís Garcia, Bruno Schauwecker, and Víctor Vega secured careers in media. Leopoldo Rivera became CEO and health master. Sue Ellen Bernal is a state congresswoman. They all are close friends and partners in life. Guadalupe Lima was an essential creative and producing force in all these projects in Mexico. Thank you all.” —PV

Mexican Talent

INSTALLATION

Tarahumara Project (2024, Spain/Mexico, 7min) video installation by Pedro Valiente

Video installation

SYNOPSIS Tarahumara Project is a look of the soul. A recollection of hidden memories. Father, mother, daughter, son, and grandmother enter the scene to establish a rare dialogue with television monitors in Sierra Taragumara. Images of the elements (earth, air, water, fire) as an invasion of modern times enter their ancient way of life. Tarahumara are Native American people of Northwestern Mexico renowned for their long-distance running ability. Originally inhabitants of much of Chihuahua State, the Rarámuri retreated to the Copper Canyon in the Sierra Madre Occidental on the arrival of Spanish explorers in the 16th century.

CAST Two Tarahumara families: Father, Mother, Baby, Daughter, Son, Grandmother CREW Director/producer: Pedro Valiente I Producer: Eugenio Valles I Executive producer: Virginia Aceves I Postproduction producer: Isaac Estrella I DP: Mario Gutiérrez I Photography: Leonardo Martínez I Production coordinator: Pamela Pérez I Editor: Luis García I Video art editors: Didi Trujillo, Brandon Varela THANKS Tarahumara pueblo, Valles Medina family I Ivonne Juárez, Virginia Aceves, Isaac Estrella, Jorge del Rivero, Tecnológico de Monterrey I María José Valles, Municipio de Chihuahua. *In memoriam,* Enrique Servín, Instituto Chihuahuense de la Cultura TECH INFO Title: Tarahumara Project I Running time: 7min I Format: HD video, color & black/white I Country: Spain/Mexico I A production by Flying Fish Work and Tecnológico de Monterrey Chih. with the support of the Tourism Board of Chihuahua State, Mexico I © 2013-2024 Flying Fish Work
OVERVIEW “Happiness consists of being still. It is accomplished only when your heart is in harmony with your the thoughts that live in your forehead and the body that you inhabit in this life.” [*Quetzalcoatl Has Spoken*] *Tarahumara Project* views legendary people in America as they face modern elements in a desert landscape. A contemplative portrait of an enigmatic pueblo known in the world as unique runners. I IMDb I Site

“Still figures in a moon-like landscape with modern technology seem extrangely natural. Surrealistic and beautiful. There is something about a family facing together anything in life: good or bad. In this case, two Tarahumara families confronted a Mexican/Spanish crew who wanted them to pose still in front of a camera surrounded by television monitors. It was fascinating to observe their reactions and gestures. And a true priviledge.” PEDRO VALIENTE, director • “One of my tasks was to communicate with our characters. Rarámuri language belongs to the Uto-Aztecan family. Many of them don’t speak Spanish. So, the daughter translates my indications to each person on set. I tell them: ’Enter, stay, walk…’. I never imagined that one day I was going to talk to fellow Mexicans on this way. It was really an incredible experience”. EUGENIO VALLES, producer • “We filmmed one day a family near a cliff and the next day another one in La Charca de las Ranas. Characters appear along with the elements (earth, air, water, fire) as a counterpoint. Somehow, there is armony: its their natural environment. And then an artificial dialogue is constructed with the presence of contemporary equipment. Of course, all under intense sunlight!!” MARIO GUTIÉRREZ, DP • "I work a lot with people in the streets. I love urban portraits. So it was a great opportunity to be close to this culture. Capturing Rarámuri expressions is like jumping into the void: you don’t know what you will find." LEONARDO MARTÍNEZ, photography • “The Rarámuri were never conquered when the Spanish arrived in the 1500s. Nowadays, most ot them still practice a traditional lifestyle. We all approach this challenging and unique project with respect for this enigmatic pueblo." ISAAC ESTRELLA, postproduction producer • “My training in International Relations and my career as social coordinator meet through the contact with communities. Filmming this video art piece I found amazing human qualities. Rarámuri people speak quite a lot in silence." PAMELA PÉREZ, production coordinator

When Surreal is Real

“Tarahumara Project is a dynamic portrait of a Tarahumara family, a resilient pre-Hispanic pueblo that famously never surrendered to the Spanish. Filmed with two Tarahumara families in the Sierra Tarahumara of Northern Mexico, this project offers a contemporary perspective on a legendary people as they navigate the challenges of modernity in a vast desert landscape. It serves as a contemplative portrayal of the Tarahumara, renowned worldwide for their extraordinary running abilities.

Initially, the project was conceived as a social and political reflection, incorporating historical figures closely tied to Chihuahua, such as Pancho Villa (soldier/politician), Adelita (soldier’s partner), David Alfaro Siqueiros (muralist from Camargo), Agustín Melgar (Hero Boy), Luis H. Álvarez (politician), Antonio Ortiz Mena (diplomat), José Fuentes Mares (philosopher/writer), Pedro de Jesús Maldonado (saint), Felipe Ángeles (soldier), and even Anthony Quinn (actor), all of whom share deep connections to the state of Chihuahua..” —Flying Fish Work

Tarahumara Project

SHORT FILM

The House of My Dreams (2016, Mexico/Spain, 19min) by Pedro Valiente

Short film

SYNOPSIS “Magical tale of a man that never lived in his house. Beautiful and sometimes disturbing presences appear in his dreams as he wonders how was life for the ones who inhabited his haunting mansion.” [MDb]

CAST Ana Gabriela Huerta, Emilio Valenzuela, Camila Anchiondo, Sara Rascón, María Ofelia Sánchez, Daniela Ortega, Salvador Carbajal, Ana María Lafón, Virginia Aceves, Gonzalo García CREW Director/writer/producer: Pedro Valiente I Producer/AD: Ana Gabriela Huerta I Executive producers: Virginia Aceves, Martha Soto I Production supervisor: Isaac Estrella I DP: Ana María Lafón I Sound design: René Gutiérrez I Sound: Edgar Muñoz I Editors: Julio Haro, Danna Valenzuela I Production/costume: Lizbeth Rubio I Production/makeup: Belén Avella
ORGANIZER Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chihuahua PARTNER Quinta Gameros, Centro Cultural Universitario, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua SCREENINGS Quinta Gameros, Mx I Arts University Plymouth, UK TECH INFO Title: La casa de mis sueños I Running time: 19min I Year: 2016 I Language: Spanish I Subtitles: English I Format: HD video, color I Country: Mexico/Spain I © 2016 Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chih. I Flying Fish Work
OVERVIEW *La casa de mis sueños* is based on the real story of Quinta Gameros, art nouveau mansion and national museum built in 1917 in Chihuahua, Mexico. It opened its doors for the first time for a film production which premiered in 2017 in a public screening to a great audience with the presense of special guests and local press. The event was fully managed by students including production and sponsors. I Site

Tec de Monterrey, Chih. develops a cross-curricular program with students and lecturers from different courses at BA Communication. including Mexican lecturers Guillermo González Montes, Galileo Galaz, Addina Hazel Carbajal (CUEC, UNAM), Pedro Valiente (UC3M). The House of My Dreams is a program’s outcome.

Filmmaking

EUROPEAN PROJECT Myths MX is an outreach activity linked to Crossing Stages (2013-2015) European Project connecting young artists with classic myths, co-funded by the European Union, coordinated by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Arts / Science / Technology (2014) event at Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile presents conferences and workshops. Pedro Valiente delivers a talk on Crossing Stages, and participates in Transmedia Workshop by Phillip Baldwin, Stony Brooks University, New York. MUSEUM Quinta Gameros art center opens its doors for the first time ever for a film production i(2016, and a public screening (2017) to a great audience with the presense of special guests and local press. The event was fully managed by students including production and sponsors. POETRY MARATHON Pedro Valiente coordinates a reading/performance by Dr. Mary Hernández and students for Poetry Marathon (2013) organized by the City's Culture Department in Pancho Villa Park, Chih.

Poetry

"The House of My Dreams is based on the real story of Gameros Country House, an art noveau mansion and current national museum built in the early 20th century in Chihuahua, Northern Mexico. When the Mexican Revolution erupted, Manuel Gameros had to run away to the US. We wonder if he envisioned how life would be in his beloved home. This is the story of the imaginary inhabitants of the house of his dreams." --Flying Fish Work

The House of My Dreams

The House of My Dreams (18:11)

"My name is Manuel Gameros. I asked to build my house in 1907. It was finished three years later. Then, the Mexican Revolution exploded, and it was confiscated. Pancho Villa and the chief of the army, Venustiano Carranza, managed to reside in the house. I had to escape to the United States with my wife and daughter. We never lived in the house. I have often wondered how was the life of the ones who inhabited the house in the following years. They appear in my dreams as presences. Or maybe as memories that never existed." --*The House of My Dreams*

ARTS EVENT

Myths MX (2014, Mexico) arts event directed by Pedro Valiente

Live Event

OVERVIEW Myths MX presents different disciplines connecting new generations of Mexicans with classic myths. Students produce film/digital media, photography and writing. They teamed up with guest speakers, a professional dance company, and the management team at Quinta Gameros Museum which hosted Tec’s Tansversal Program. I Site

CREW Arts event by students from BA Communication, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chihuahua I Producer: Isaac Estrella, lecturer I Supervisor: Virginia Aceves, BA director I Myths MX director: Pedro Valiente, visiting lecturer
ORGANIZER Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chihuahua PARTNER Quinta Gameros Museum, Centro Cultural Universitario, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua COLLABORATOR Crossing Stages European Project, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid TECH INFO Title: Miitos MX I Running time: 1h I Year: 2014 I Language: Spanish I Country: Mexico/Spain I © 2014 Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chih.

Myths MX was recorded by a multi-camera media team, attended by a large audience, and covered by local press including Televisa TV. Students contacted journalists from newspapers, radio and television, and organized a tour of interviews for several media. It was a unique experience at Tec connecting with local institutions, companies, artists, and professionals.

Live Event

Myths MX includes photography and creative writing by Tec students. They also did the event script, and managed the whole production with focus on the interdisciplinary spirit of the project.

Media

Contemporary dance choreographer Cynthia Correa and her dance company turned into an essential part of Myths MX. Cynthia performed using a video camera that projected her moves on a screen creating a dialogue between dance and film.

Dance

Crossing Europe (30:00)

MEXICO ***Myths MX*** is an international outreach activity connected with *Crossing Stages* European project on classic myths coordinated by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. I CHILE ***Arts/Science/Technology*** event at Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile presents Artist Talk on *Crossing Stages* by Pedro Valiente who also collaborated in *Transmedia Workshop*.

“*Myths MX* presents artwork connecting Mexicans with classic myths. Students produce film/media, photo, and writing along with guest speakers, and Quinta Gameros team. Contemporary dance choreographer Cynthia Correa projects her performance live on screen.” —PV I Quinta Gameros

Oniris (4:02)

Uranus and Gea (3:46)

Nemesis (4:01)

Myths MX

WEBSITE

The Barbaric Country (2013, Mexico) website at Semana i (Innovation Week), Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chih.

Website

OVERVIEW Website with content created by students including fiction and non-fiction writing, photography, digital media as well as music curating. Ste and logo were designed by Marlyn Chacón and Karla Ramírez with art direction by Pedro Valiente. The Barbaric Country website was produced in five days during Semana i 2013 (Innovation Week) with students mostly from BA Architecture, BA Engineering, and BA Law.

CREW Designers: Marlyn Chacón / Karla Ramírez, et al I Coordinator: Virginia Aceves, Head of Media Department I Project director: Pedro Valiente TECH INFO Title: El País Bárbaro I Website I Year: 2013 I Language: Spanish I Country: Mexico I © 2013 Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chih. I Site I Behance

Semana i promotes "global vision, entrepreneur spirit, and human awareness" in the context of innovation in education. "Tec21 Educational Model allows you to choose your career and make your profile unique as a graduate in order to be a more competitive being with skills to face world challenges successfully." Transversal Program Tec de Monterrey, Chih., also started a program connecting students and lecturers from different courses. This cross-curricular project included guest lecturers/professionals from Mexico and Spain. I Innovation Week YouTube

The Barbaric Country

DIGITAL MEDIA

Barbaric Portraits (2015, Mexico, 3:35min) digital media series coordinated by Pedro Valiente

Digital Media

OVERVIEW Retratos bárbaros explores basic human feelings, sadness and happiness in a place that history and cultural tradition named The Barbaric Country honoring the spirit of the people in the State of Chihuahua, Northern Mexico. A harsh land that has demanded over the years a great resilience from men and women brave at heart. I Site

CAST Luis Rodríguez, Nancy Rivas, Brenda Barcelata, Eduardo Ramírez, Erick Carrillo. Karina Chánez, Xiadani Carbajal, Brenda Ornelas, Daniela Anthua, Alain Martínez, Isabel Esparza, Carolina Ramírez CREW: Director/DP: Luis Rodríguez I Producer: Eduardo Ramírez I Editors: Nancy Rivas, Brenda Barcelata TECH INFO Title: Retratos Bárbaros I Digital media I Year: 2015 I Running time: 3:35 min I Format: HD video, black & white I Country: Mexico I © 2015 Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chih.

Barbaric Portraits (3:35)

Retratos bárbaros keeps the title of the whole series of brief media works for an intensive one-month Filmmaking Workshop at BA Communication. Different crews selected (10) characters to develop film skills on both indoors and outdoors. In the studio, filmmakers work with friends/colleagues using extra equipment. In the streets, they face unknown people and external shooting conditions. Aesthetic and technical conditions including: (1) Focus on directing and performance (2) Use middle shot (3) Keep camera still (4) Black/white. I Barbaric Portraits Vimeo

Barbaric Portraits

DIGITAL MEDIA

Family Tree (2006, Mexico/Spain, 30min) film/animation project by Pedro Valiente

Documentar Film Project

SYNOPSIS The past can be a thrilling journey that may change your life. Family Tree tells the story of a group of young boys and girls in Mexico City who face a challenge: to create a family tree. What starts as a school project becomes a thrilling journey that may change their lives.

CAST Students: Cuauhtémoc Amda Castro, Elise Baluelos Ortiz, René Gerardo Camiruga Gutiérrez, Ana Catalina Colín Sñanchez, CArolina Flores Bustamante, Jesía René Flores Castellanos, Alfredo Garbuno Iñigo, Stephannie MOrato, Susana Alicia Rivero Rodríguez, Diego Tomás Mackey, Adriana Berenuce Valencia Älvarez, Adriana Nohemí Velázquez Burciaga I Professor: Guadalupe Lima CREW Director/Writer/Producer: Pedro Valiente I Executive producer: Guadalupe Lima I Associate producer: Luis García I DP: Bruno Schauwecker I Animation/graphic design: Michelle Arellano I AC: Ricardo Bustamante / Production coordiantor: Stephannie Morato I Production assistants: Manuel Escalante, Carlos Boussart I Visual research: Sara Conde TECH INFO Title: Árbol Genealógico I Running time: 30 min I Format: HD video I Language: Spanish, Subtitles: English I Country: Mexico/Spain I A film with the support of Universidad Anáhuac Norte and Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico State I © 2006 Flying Fish Work
OVERVIEW In *Árbol genealógico*, mostly through grandparents who disclose hidden secrets, studebts learn incredible family stories --a missing father happens to be Cuban, both grandparents fought in the Spanish Civil War, a mysterious woman discovers a treasure in an enchanted house, a woman married three husbands, a grand-grandmother became a hero at the Mexican Revolution, a grand-daughter discovers that her grandfather was a slave, and a swimmer is in love. I Site

Family Tree (00:15)

Swimmer and Love (00:19)

CROSS-DISCIPLINES Tec de Monterrey I Universidad Anáhuac Norte. The project asks what happens in our family. Are hidden stories expecting to be unfold? The idea for a non-fiction film turned into a wider practice. Fiction and animation landed into the work-in-progress. PEDRO VALIENTE as part-time lecturer at Tec Mx City and Anáhuac, connected both. CROSS-GENERATIONS Tec Mx State. Family Tree presents eleven 17yrs boys/girls at Interdisciplinary Program for outstanding students. Real families that representing many in Mexico. GUADALUPE LIMA, full-time psychologist/lecturer at Tec Mx State, designed the assignment: making a family tree. A school task became a life aventure: students eager to discover, parents and grandparents moved by their memories, and lecturers documenting, in words of Dziga Vertov, life as it is. CROSS-UNIVERSITIES Tec Chihuahua. Lecturers from Tec Mx City and Mx State. Crew from Tec Mx State and Anáhuac. Characters from Preparatoria at Tec Mx State. Later, Pedro Valiente worked at Tec Chih. where talented artist MICHELLE ARELLANO created animation and graphic design. Two universities, four campuses.