Two Mexican activists walk into one of Europe’s most prestigious museums — not to protest, but to quietly rewrite history. In 2022, they infiltrated the audio-guide system of Vienna’s Weltmuseum and replaced the official narrative of Moctezuma’s headdress with their own, confronting visitors with a story the institution has avoided for generations. The headdress remains in the museum’s possession, despite Mexico’s long-standing demand for its return.

Their intervention ignited international media attention and reopened the global conversation around restitution, colonial memory, and who has the right to tell the story of a sacred object. Blending archival material, testimonies, and a reconstruction of the act, “Not Our Corona” exposes the tension between European authority and Indigenous heritage — and demonstrates how a single creative gesture can shake centuries of entrenched narratives. At its core, “Not Our Corona” asks a pressing question: who decides the meaning and rightful home of an artifact taken in the wake of the empire? Guest speaker, Sebastián Arrechedera Urrestarazu, producer, director, and writer. 

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