# Elías Silvano Hernández, Mayan Investigator

Elías documented and interpreted Voice of the Jungle , a dual reference to both the sounds of the jungle in Palenque, Chiapas, and a community radio station of the same name. His work highlights how environmental sound—such as birds at dawn, shifting sounds at midday, and crickets at night—structures daily life and remains present in memory even after migration. He contrasts these rhythms with urban environments, where such patterns are absent. Elías also recalls how radio functioned as a communication system in the jungle, transmitting messages between families through letters read over the air. In this way, his work connects environmental listening, community communication, and place-based memory. His contribution positions listening as a form of cultural connection, linking sound, memory, and communication across distance. Elías incorporated videos taken by his uncle from their family ancestral land of howling monkeys and pristine river scene with birdsong in the background. He also shared and credited another artist’s video of the Lacandon jungle at twilight to bring us the light of fireflies and the songs of crickets.

- Kind: Film
- Year: 2026
- By: Elías Silvano Hernández and Adriana Camarena
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/20260424_20260424_2127)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/20260424_20260424_2127?play=1)