Melanie Smith: Xilitla

Xilitla is the name of a film presented by British-born, Mexico City-based artist Melanie Smith (born 1965) at the 54th Venice Biennial in 2011. The film—and this exceptionally handsome accompanying book—documents Las Pozas, the extraordinary Surrealist palace and gardens built by Edward James in Xilitla, Mexico, from 1945 until his death in 1984.