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Jiménez co-founded Los Picaros de la Lengua , a collective that revitalizes picardía through experimental formats. Their work merges traditional puppetry with virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and social media, transforming ancient allegories into multimedia spectacles. For example, their 2023 project La Mentira Digital used VR to place visitors in a 19th-century puppet theater, where AI-powered characters debated contemporary issues like climate change and political corruption. Jiménez’s approach is as much about reclaiming public spaces as it is about digital innovation. In 2022, his team staged Corridos Urbanos , a guerrilla theater performance where actors in face masks performed picardía -inspired skits in Mexico City’s subway system, critiquing urban gentrification. Meanwhile, his online platform, Lenguas Locas , hosts weekly picardía workshops, attracting thousands of young artists globally.