Exhibition

Ka'a Body: Cosmovision of the Rainforest, curated by Sandra Benites and Anita Ekman

26 Nov 2021 – 11 Feb 2022

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Friday
11:00 – 18:00
Saturday
11:00 – 18:00
Sunday
11:00 – 18:00
Wednesday
11:00 – 18:00
Thursday
11:00 – 18:00

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Paradise Row Projects

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England, United Kingdom

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  • Green Park (6 minutes), Bond Street (10 minutes)
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Ka’a Body is the first major, international presentation of indigenous art and culture from Brazil, staged by an Indigenous curator.

About

The exhibition explores the relationship between the body and territory as a way of establishing a dialogue between the indigenous and non-indigenous on the history of the forests and bodies, and articulates various cosmologies of indigenous cultures.

As such Ka’a Body becomes a portal between two distant yet connected worlds: the vast, complex world of the rainforests of Brazil (the Amazon and remnants of the Atlantic Rainforest) and the world of London, also vast and complex, which, as a centre of global capitalism, profited from Indigenous and African labour in these forests on its path to power and dominance.

“The artworks in this exhibition reflect the worldviews of the Indigenous people, which are inseparable from the forest. We launch this exhibition to open a true dialogue which will enable healing and create a space of exchange with the other through these artworks." - Sandra Benites

20% of sales from Ka’a Body will be donated to two NGOs:

Instituto Maracá, which promotes the cultural heritage of Indigenous people in Brazil

AmazoniAlerta, a blockchain-based app that empowers users to report environmental crimes within the Amazon

Paradise Row Projects is a one-year, nonprofit, curatorial project.

Participating artists:
 

Wera Alcides, AMITIKATXI (Articulação das Mulheres Indígenas Tiriyó, Katxuyana e Txikiyana), Kume Assurini, Denilson Baniwa, Sandra Benites, Kassia Borges (Rare Karaja Huni Kuin, Huni Kuin MAHKU Collective), Anita Ekman, Jaider Esbell, Zahy Guajajara, Iba Huni Kuin (Huni Kuin MAHKU Collective), Yaka Huni Kuin (Coletivo Aimbu), Xadalu Tupã Jekupé, Rita Pinheiro Sales Kaxinawa (Coletivo Kayatibu), Isadora Matos (Coletivo Aimbu), Sandra Nanayna, Macelo Noronha, Pamatoa (Coletivo Suruí), Aislan Pankararu, Ermelinda Bosco Peixoto, Sallisa Rosa, Florinda Martins da Silva, Edu Simões, Acelino Tui (Huni Kuin MAHKU Collective), Daiara Tukano, Gilson Tupinambá, Yakakumalu Wauja (Coletivo Wauja), Andrey Guaianá Zignnatto

Ka'a Body is supported by The Goethe-Institut London and Nicole Bainov.

CuratorsToggle

Anita Ekman

Sandra Benites

Exhibiting artistsToggle

Anita Ekman

Daiara Tukano

Coletivo Wauja

Huni Kuin MAHKU Collective

Gilson Tupinambá

Wera Alcides

Yakakumalu Wauja

Zahy Guajajara

Ermelinda Bosco Peixoto

Xadalu Tupã Jekupé

Coletivo Kayatibu

Coletivo Suruí

Iba Huni Kuin

Jaider Esbell

Acelino Tui

Aislan Pankararu

Yaka Huni Kuin

Kume Assurini

Andrey Guaianá Zignnatto

Pamatoa

Coletivo Aĩbu

Edu Simões

Kassia Borges

Sallisa Rosa

Denilson Baniwa

AMITIKATXI

Rita Pinheiro Sales Kaxinawa

Florinda Martins da Silva

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