triotechnologies.blogg.se - Painted magore redhand

rocks, sand and grass will fill the space surrounding the contemporary petroglyphs made in honor of the Goddess Atabey.

organic offerings will be scattered across the space.

in this space I use it as a symbol of genocide and enslavement of my fathers ancestors but also as an offering to the spirits, goddesses and gods of Taíno shamanic spiritualism.

enslaved indigenous and African peoples planted and harvested sugar cane for the colonizers.

When the Spaniards arrived and realized gold was not available to harvest from the people of the Caribbean the next best option was sugar cane.

long sticks of sugar cane will rest in a portion of the gallery.

undulating green light showers all who enter.

in the space you’ll hear water pouring in El Yunque and the chirping of the coquí as the sounds of the jungle envelope the space.

just as the original sacred petroglyphs survived.whatever the fate of this planet may be.An image of her taken from a petroglyph in the Caribbean has been etched into rocks that will stand throughout the gallery.Irka taught me more about Atabey the goddess of water.I am forever grateful for this experience and leave crushed corn and seeds all over my room and on the edge of my window sill.she made me aware of this during a shamanic power animal retrieval ceremony.in all aspects of life and in the world as a whole.an artist also stemming from the Caribbean) for the dove to eat.

in the style of Félix González-Torres’ candy pile works.Irka conjured ancestral spirits to allow me to understand to call upon the dove in times of need and leave food (piles of crushed corn.

an Asian dove acts as a stand in for the Guanaro dove which will exist in the gallery.”Guanaro must be a derivative from Guanara which means a far away, hidden place”.Guanaro is Taíno for a dove that exists all over the Caribbean.I admire her deeply and hope to make a documentary on her one day.it’s rare to meet a shaman who is a woman.who could teach me more about my ancestry.as trans people we don’t always get to inherit or experience our ancestral wisdom through biological family because my father is dead (although he taught me a lot before he passed) and I’m afraid to come out as trans to my extended biological family.I have biological family members who are tribal chiefs but I do not know them as Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo.This exhibition is also in honor of her as well as my chosen trans sisters.Irka Mateo/Akutu Irka (Abuela Irka) conjures ancestral spirits and is the shamanic healer I went to multiple times which resulted in this exhibition.My fathers blood is Indigenous (Guainía)(Taíno)(Arawak descendent), African, Latinx and stems from the Caribbean.proceeds from the sale of these works will support my indigenous trans women & two-spirit sisters.Alethia Rael has done many performances with the red mono print of her hand upon her face as an act of resilence and awareness and I dedicate this work to her.My sisters Lexii Foxx, Cielo Oscuro and Alethia Rael’s hands will be displayed at the height of their mouths throughout the space.red neon bent around the outlines of the hands painted onto the wall.My trans women and two-spirit sisters hands were outlined and painted red on the walls of the gallery.The red hand being a symbol of missing, raped and murdered indigenous women/femmes/two-spirit people.EXPECT US written in bloody hands (red paint) by protesters on a monument of Andrew Jackson.