Scientific collaborator: Irene Guerrero Fernández
Invisible Seeds presents an embroidered and painted textile by the Shipibo-Conibo artists’ community. Produced mostly by women, Shipibo art represents an entire system of communication with plants and plant life. The work focuses on the complex systems of planting, harvesting, and treating agricultural products that sustain life in the Amazon. Thus addressing the relationships between territory, human beings, non-human forms, and the spiritual worlds.
The project served to develop a model of dialogue and co-responsibility in the decision-making processes between the artists involved and the Shipibo-Conibo artists in the Amazon, and a biodiversity expert from the Joint Research Centre. The piece proposes the recognition of indigenous contributions to the sustainability of food systems. It accompanies the struggles of the Shipibo people who claim the preservation and respect of their ancestral knowledge. They demand urgent actions to prevent the destruction of the Amazon and better living conditions for indigenous peoples in Peru and everywhere.
Credits
Gala Berger & Metsá Rama (Pilar Arce) | Irene Guerrero Fernández
In collaboration with: Nélida Mahua, Lourdes Mahua, Lucy Silvano, Yoxan Ana and Zaida Silvano
Image by: Gala Berger & Metsá Rama (Pilar Arce) & Irene Guerrero Fernández
In collaboration with Nélida Mahua, Lourdes Mahua, Lucy Silvano, Yoxan Ana and Zaida Silvano