STORYTELLING / DIGITAL NARRATIVE (2021-22)

A tribute to Mother Earth is inspired in our personal relationship with the planet Earth not as an object or a source but as an alive divine entity that holds our very inner sacred nature. A Mother where we belong. In the 21st century, many indigenous peoples base their environmental extraction concerns on the Pachamama (embodied the Andes), saying that earthquakes and harvesting problems arise when people take too much from nature.

Pachamama interweaves syncretic traditions with contemporary technology, questioning the authority of scientific reductionism in legitimizing cultural erasure.

Also Trans people present here their imaginary and artistic expression. This group is often marginalized and victimized in public spaces. Digital visualisation of ones inner garden (safe space) can help reduce cortisol levels during traumatic memories. The relationship to Self is cultivated inside and outside.

Mother Earth’s diversity is represented in a multimedia dance performance that encompasses a collection of images, sounds, and people’s insights. Symbolic elements such as corn—sacred to the original peoples of Abya Yala—along with stones and seeds, are animated through stop motion, juxtaposed with high-end digital techniques like cloud point. Video mapping invites the transformation of violence and indifference into a tribute to Mother Earth, which is an issue that concerns us all.

Pachamama (2021)
Clip from Animation Collage
Analog and Digital Techniques
Low web resolution 480p
2:22 out of 10min

Storyboard 2D visual contributions from Romana Erzova, Gil Soissong, Camila Arango. Photography / Engineer support from Camila Arango.

Pachamama Kalk (2022) 
GIF from Animated Collage

Pachamama 14-15 Oktober 2022, Event Animiert! Digitale Kunst in der Alten Feuerwache, Cologne, DEU. Dancer Felipe Gonzalez Berrios. Project Video Documentation by Felipe R. Martinez.

TECHNIQUES

All the tools and equipment used in this project were done in a self-taught way, which means many hours of learning tutorials, observing, trials and error. We are happy for the positive technical achievements after 6-12 months of research, with all the effort that it takes.

From concept to stage (2021-22). Storyboard 2D visual contributions from Romana Erzova, Gil Soissong, Camila Arango. Artistic support from Catherina Huismann. Photography / Engineer support from Camila Arango. Dancer Felipe Gonzalez Berrios. Art direction, music, video edit, 3D/AV performance by Kamalanetra.

FOTO DOCUMENTATION AND PRESENTATIONS

Pachamama 26. August 2022, Premiere Im Garten vom Stadtteilbüro Kalk Nord, Cologne, DEU. Duration 20min.

Pachamama 14-15 Oktober 2022, Event Animiert! Digitale Kunst in der Alten Feuerwache, Cologne, DEU. Photo by Verena Zosel.

Pachamama Interactive Installation, 3-4 Semptember 2022, Europäischen Literatur Festival, Integrationshaus e.V, Cologne Kalk, DEU

Pachamama Performance, 1-2 July 2023, Bonanzafest, Festival for Trans* NonBinary Art, Cologne, DEU. Duration 35min. Photos by Fade Elias from In-Haus Media

Pachamama Performance, 24 July 2023, Meitner Saal (I + II) Harnack House, Max Planck Alumni Symposium 2023 / "The rise of social, economic and environmental justice" Berlin, DEU. Duration, 35min. Foto on right, David Ausserhofer.