Amaya
This is interactive installation consists of several ceramic pieces, representing the inside of funeral baskets. When the viewer passes by one of these pieces, it whispers the name of an indigenous person, as well as the date and place where they were murdered.
This series pays tribute to individuals from various indigenous peoples of Latin America who lost their lives defending their culture, language, land, heritage, knowledge and community. This installation brings the lives of these men and women into the present, taking them out of anonymity and reminding us that their struggle is still relevant today.
The productive process
Starting from the principle of the realization of a flexible mold for the production of textured pieces. How to develop a mold at low cost while developing a texture language?
I made flexible molds in mesh and aramid fiber fabric (resistant to high temperatures) that allowed the hybridization of vernacular knowledge, glass blowing, technical materials and potentially industrial processes.
Aramid fiber or kevlar is known for its technical strength and its application in bulletproof vests. In this case, it is chosen because of its high heat resistance.
Having many technical difficulties to make textured and low-cost glass blow molds, I chose to use this material to create my textured molds. Knitting is a textile technique that imitates basketry, maintaining a continuity of plastic language of that craft.