Untitled [population by age], 2014

The artwork pledge

• NO POVERTY
• ZERO HUNGER
• REDUCED INEQUALITIES
• SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
• RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION
• LIFE ON LAND
• PEACE, JUSTICE, AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS

Tags

• Archive
• Berlin
• Collectivism
• Colonialism
• Europe
• Everyday Life
• Fascism
• Germany
• Gun violence
• Indigenous Peoples
• Police Brutality
• Racial Segregation
• Racism
• Social
• Trauma
• United States
• Urban
• Video
• Violence

About this artwork

Through on-site investigations in the town of Camiña in the north of Chile, Mario Pfeifer takes the Aymara textile production as a point of departure for a conversation about the aesthetic, social, economical, and religious issues present in the indigenous life of the Aymara.

Made of both naturally and chemically dyed llama wool, the designs crafted by Aymara women are more visually inspired than informative. Mario Pfeifer, in conversation with curator, writer, and researcher Rodolfo Andaur, collected statistical materials from different public archives and institutions that document Camiña’s productivity, ethnic variety, and transmigration. The information designs are interpreted, adapted, and altered into commissioned weaving by several Aymara textile producers.

More artworks by Mario Pfeifer

• Mario Pfeifer #blacktivist, 2015 KOW €19,040 Buy now
• Mario Pfeifer Untitled [population by gender], 2014 KOW €11,900 Buy now
• Mario Pfeifer Untitled (Two Guys), 2008 KOW €14,280 Buy now

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