Cocha the goddess of the water
Cocha the goddess of the water
Cocha the goddess of the water
Cocha the goddess of the water
Copacati the Lake Guardian
Copacati the Lake Guardian
Copacati the Lake Guardian
Copacati the Lake Guardian
Coyllur the deity of light and stars
Coyllur the deity of light and stars
Coyllur the deity of light and stars
Lilapu the rain giver
Lilapu the rain giver
Lilapu the rain giver
Lilapu the rain giver
Lilapu the rain giver
Kilal the Incan Moon goddess
Kilal the Incan Moon goddess
Killa the Incan Moon goddess
Catalina Swinburn
No Land: The Water Ceremony, 2024
Woven vintage atlases and archival documentation, metal stands, wooden plinths
Variable dimensions: 5 sculptures, 350h x 130d x 130w cm each
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In the installation No Land: The Water Ceremony five giant woven paper cloaks stand like ritual sentinels in the space. Residual garments of the artist’s performance, these “ritual investitures” salvage...
In the installation No Land: The Water Ceremony five giant woven paper cloaks stand like ritual sentinels in the space. Residual garments of the artist’s performance, these “ritual investitures” salvage and revive an ancestral rite of gratitude to water in relation to Inca sacred places, geography and memory. Known as the “water ceremony”, messengers, mythical and historical figures dressed in ceremonial garments carry water from the sea to each archaeological centre from the Andes mountains, celebrating water as a vital element for humanity. The artist constructs the garments by intricately weaving specific cuttings from vintage atlases and cartographic documents discarded from public libraries. Through this labour-intensive technique, the material transforms from delicate pages of books into robust, even armour-like attire. The weaving’s stepped patterns also recall the sacred ruins and old scaffold textiles used in Andean culture as well as the practice of weaving as the embodiment of collective and female resilience.