THE HUEMUN TORCHBEARER, 2025

HUEMUN Torchbearer was conceived in New York after a pilgrimage in which I played the flute along the full length of Broadway to The Battery, the southernmost tip of Manhattan where Lady Liberty comes into view.

Yet the work was first conceptualized nearly five years in Nicaragua, rooted in the moment my Eldest Maternal Aunt, Nery first taught me how to extinguish a candle with my fingertips.

Here, the symbols of Lady Liberty are re-made. The torch is beeswax, organic and alive. The guidebook is HUEMUNS.io across my chest, a digital portal of remembrance. The crown is my own platinum, spiked hair — self-expression as sovereignty.

A flame, when treated with reverence, should never be extinguished with a blow. Instead, I ignite the candle with my fingertips, and the infinite loop becomes a metaphor for the infinite flame of the soul. The footage is reordered so that what appears as extinguishing becomes ignition — a shift of sequence as remembrance: the flame begins within.

I embody the Torchbearer anew — immigrant, Native, non-binary, American.

Mediums & Technical Notes

  • Digital video installation

  • Shot on iPhone

  • Duration: 6 seconds (looped)

  • Light source: single beeswax candle flame

  • Audio: ambient sound of the flame being lit

  • Display format: variable projection or screen

Binä Jō Suhé Gōnz Meji is the creator of HUEMUNS of PARADISE, a Magnum Opus where art becomes ritual and myth becomes participatory. With a rare fluency in sound, story, and play, Binä transforms spectators into co-creators—offering sonic altars, living codexes, and cultural artifacts that restore coherence of heart and clarity of perception.

“Our mission is to bring heart coherence into the world through sound, story, and creations—restoring the original signal of clarity so others may remember themselves.”

— Binä Jō Suhé Gōnz Meji

THE MAGNUM OPUS

HUEMUNS of PARADISE is an ecosystem—created by Binä Jō Suhé Gōnz Meji—of art, sound, and play: a Magnum Opus where myth, codex, and cultural artifact converge. It bridges ancient storytelling with contemporary forms—studio and game offering the world a new language of collective imagination and participatory mythmaking, bringing coherence of heart and clarity of being.

HUEMUN Artifacts

Sculptural objects, wearable relics, and ritual design pieces.

Artifacts are tangible extensions of the myth—beaded, illustrated, or crafted works that embody the HUEMUNS frequency. They are both art objects and ritual tools, collectible pieces that function as portals into the larger opus.

HUEMUN Codex

Artist book / living manuscript / conceptual archive.

The Codex is the written body of the opus—a living manuscript where myth, transmission, and memory converge. In the art world, this can stand as a published artist book, a performative reading, or a digital archive installation.

HUEMUN Open Studio

Social practice / participatory art laboratory.

The OS is an active site of creation and community—a living studio-as-installation where audiences can witness process, contribute to works-in-progress, and engage in rituals of sound, story, & play. It reframes the studio itself as a performance space.

HUEMUN Game

Interactive installation / digital performance art.

The Game transforms myth into participation. Through interactive play, narrative choice, and sonic immersion, the audience steps into the role of co-creator—revealing their elemental essence and joining the story as living characters within the artwork.