The Xerces Society, Installment IV:
Manuel's Disappearance
Multimedia performance and installation
1998

Manuel Rojas, angiosperm biochemist and Director of the Max Planck Institute in Germany, disappeared while vacationing in the Peruvian Andes. The trunk was found among Manuel's personal effects. It is believed that the trunk and its contents belong to Manuel's childhood mentor, Lepidopterist, Sir Samuel Cropia. Parvaneh Rojas, Manuel's daughter, is in search of answers to find her father and to unveil her life.