La escritura de las apariencias

25.11.2022
30.11.2022

The Writing of Appearances is a sensory and poetic journey that questions the limits of the visible while tracing the route that leads to the ancient golden city of the Tayronas. Using photography and film as a medium, this exploration of identity, nature and ancestral wisdom elevates the voices of the indigenous and peasant peoples of La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, on Colombia's Caribbean coast. Through the testimonies of the local communities, it seeks to build a bridge between the Western relationship with the territory and the ancient spiritual beliefs that the indigenous Tayronas have preserved for centuries.

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    "Mulas"

    60 x 90cm

    Analog print on glossy paper from 35mm slide.

    The photography suggests the communication of the indigenous people with the elements.

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    "Quemando coca"

    60 x 90cm

    Analog print on glossy paper from 35mm slide.

    To make the indigenous language understand a little, when the indigenous speak of the spirit of the stone, of trees, of animals, they speak of the elements.

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    "Corazon"

    60 x 90cm

    Analog print on glossy paper from 35mm slide.

    That more or less resembles the soul or the spirit of each of the created beings, but they simply say: The spirits.

Series of guacas

The guacas series brings together five heliographies on gold plates that refer to the indigenous tombs in which human remains were buried together with gold objects.

The guaca teyuna is an offering that will be buried in the lost city next to the mamo Rumaldo as a form of poetic restitution to the centuries of plundering by colonial voracity.

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