Fotoseptiembre: Alex & Felix: "Mixed Metaphors: 13 Queens"
Poised like punk bodhisattvas in Buddhist thangkas, the 13 Queens could be holding court in alternate-Tibet, but during Fotoseptiembre, Queen Motorhead, Queen Sandwich, the Queen of Spoons, and their sisters will adorn the walls of the Instituto Cultural de México as emissaries from Lucerne, Switzerland, home to Alex & Felix. Before they became a photography phenom, exhibiting in galleries and festivals across Europe and the U.S., Alex Gertschen was a goldsmith, Felix Meier a hairdresser and graphic artist. They still hold to their craft ways, saying, “We are designers and builders, and we are also dress makers.” Hovering in middle space, encroached by heraldic foliage, each queen wears her distinctive regalia: a syringe, pieces of toast, a tiara of vinyl records. Mixing sports, medieval pageantry, and retail lures, if anyone is due homage, it’s these ones. Free; 4-8pm, Instituto Cultural de México, 600 Hemisfair Park, (210) 227-0123, fotoseptiembreusa.com, saculturamexico.org. Through October 24.