Mi-e dor de tine – Manuel Garcia-Ruiz

Transnational Longing in Neon: My Talk on Mi-e dor de tine at UNAM’s CISAN

On March 13th, 2025, I had the pleasure of speaking at the research seminar Estudios sobre la Noche / Night Studies / Études sur la Nuit, hosted by the Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte (CISAN) at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The event was part of a collaborative initiative with the Institut de Géoarchitecture (UBO), the InstitutContinueContinue reading “Transnational Longing in Neon: My Talk on Mi-e dor de tine at UNAM’s CISAN”

The Night as a Space of Experience: Light, Migration, and Nostalgia

I’m happy to share that my work on Mi-e dor de tine has been featured in Gaceta UNAM. This luminous installation—created in Romania and later reactivated in other cities—has served as the foundation for my reflection on how light becomes a carrier of transnational emotions. In this case, the phrase Mi-e dor de tine (“I miss you” or more poetically,ContinueContinue reading “The Night as a Space of Experience: Light, Migration, and Nostalgia”