How can physical craft objects uncover material histories?
This project takes shape as wearable metal craft objects from my Bolivian heritage, uncovering closely the metal resource extraction of pre-Columbian Bolivia by the Spanish empire and how it has left irreparable exploitation and disintegration of more than just material matters. I have explored themes of decoloniality, identity, and value systems ingrained in adornment, using fieldwork research of the largest folkloric festival in previously mine-rich Oruro, Bolivia.
This project takes shape as wearable metal craft objects from my Bolivian heritage, uncovering closely the metal resource extraction of pre-Columbian Bolivia by the Spanish empire and how it has left irreparable exploitation and disintegration of more than just material matters. I have explored themes of decoloniality, identity, and value systems ingrained in adornment, using fieldwork research of the largest folkloric festival in previously mine-rich Oruro, Bolivia.
Metal Narratives
Autonomous Minor Willem de Kooning
Autonomous Minor Willem de Kooning
