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Live Online Discussion on Ka'a Body: Cosmovision of the Rainforest
27 Jan 2022
Paradise Row Projects
London, United Kingdom
Ka’a Body is the first major, international presentation of indigenous art and culture from Brazil, staged by an Indigenous curator.
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.
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