RUNA LLAKTA
(HUMAN LAND)
Work in progress
This project started in 2017 as a collaboration with the Kichwa community from Ecuador in the NY, NJ and Massachusetts. It looks into the communities´ spirituality, daily life and the relation to the homeland as well as the determination to inhabit and mantain their identity as Runas in rural and urban America.
This project began in Engaging Artist Residency Program of More Art and was able to continue thanks to their Research Grant. More info about the program here.
This is a multimedia-collaborative project that includes photography, video, workshops, and public art installations and screenings.
This video is part of an ongoing project called RUNA ÑAWI, a multimedia project made in collaboration with the Kichwa Community living in the tri-state area of NY, NJ, and MA. The work includes photo and video documentation of the Raymis (Andean Celebrations) in the US and Ecuador; a series of media laboratories in NY focused on migration, representation, and Andean cosmology; and a public installation and screening in Saraguro, Ecuador. The project was first developed in the context of the Engaging Artist Residency. It was made in collaboration with Kichwa Hatari Collective based in the Bronx, and supported by More Art.