david guarnizo
Exchange value - Fifty thousand Colombian pesos (Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta)
Regular price
$5,000.00
Medium: Animation
Year: 2020
Artwork Details
Video link: https://youtu.be/muJIuJBH5d0
The audio is an interview with Mamo Rumaldo, the indigenous leader of the Lost City of Teyuna. In the interview, he shares the significance of this sacred city for his people and their connection to nature. I conducted the interview as part of a project with the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History (ICANH) in August 2018.
The landscape depicts the pre-Hispanic city called Ciudad Perdida Teyuna, located in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in La Guajira, Colombia.
The landscape also depicts the indigenous communities that currently live there, symbolizing Colombia's multicultural and polyethnic richness.
The animation shows how some indigenous huts gradually appear as Teyuna people slowly walk across the landscape.