There is a collection of carefully selected materials, gathered in different spots of ancient Lake Texcoco. Among ruins of multiple government projects, abandoned during the last forty years in the lake lands, there are all kinds of objects: heaps of rubble, building foundations, scattered ruins of crumbled houses, dry wells full with trash, broken fences of an empty stable, rusty tools, fallen pillars, unreadable signs, objects hidden in the grass, documents with the corners torn and stained by the sun.
These and other materials were located in a series of excavations during which salt and dirt were removed from their surfaces. Gradually, the surfaces became recognizable in their differences. From their initial aspect of solid rubble chunks, a wide spectrum of consistencies and textures emerged. Some ancient materials that belonged to the bed of the disappeared lake were found, together with certain wall-like structures built in successive attempts at recovering the basin. [...]