This work is a depiction of a Selk' nam Xo' on, or shaman, acting as the physical vessel for the spirit of a Waiyuwenh, a Selk' nam deity.
Esta obra es una representacion de un Xo'on o shaman Selk' nam, actuando como el cuerpo fisico de un Waiyuwenh, o espiritu.
The Selk' nam, also known as the Ona, lived in the Patagonian region of southern Chile and Argentina. After living relatively peacefully for thousands of years, the entire Selk' nam population was brutally enslaved, massacred, and eventually extinguished completely as an ethnic group by 1972. This work is intended as a physical mark, made in the memory of this rich and mostly unknown culture.
Los Selk' nam, tambien llamados Ona, vivieron en la region Patagonica del sur de Chile y Argentina. Tras vivir relativamente en paz por miles de anos, la poblacion entera de Selk' nam fue brutalmente esclavizada, masacrada y finalmente extinguida completamente como grupo etnico alrededor de 1972. Esta obra tiene como objetivo crear una marca fisica, en honor y memoria de esta rica y mayormente desconocida cultura.
Their existence will forever be remembered.
Su existencia sera por siempre recordada.
AA1o
incredible work and meaning
ReplyDeleterick
Excellent work. Here's that Vincent Bridges lecture.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU2YVNVDH14
http://vincentbridges.com/?p=126
Dude's got a feud going with the Cassiopaea people, which I find utterly fascinating.
http://www.cassiopaea.com/archive/most.htm
http://www.cassiopaeacult.com/the-great-cassiopaean-conspiracy-delusion/
Not sure what to make of all this yet, but I do find the Dee-Shakespeare link compelling enough to follow up on. Let's chat soon.