Versión complete de la película de ensayo ¿Mientras más alto vives, más pobre eres?, se puede ver aquí. La Paz, la capital de Bolivia, es una de las ciudades mas altas del mundo. La ciudad se desarrolló rápidamente a finales del siglo XX, cuando las personas, en su mayoría de origen aymara, emigraron de las... Continue Reading →
Bolivian Architect Freddy Mamani’s exhibition at the Fondation Cartier, Paris
Review: Southern Geometries, from Mexico to Patagonia . Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain October 14, 2018 - February 24, 2019 Bolivian architect Freddy Mamani has brought a piece of El Alto to Paris. His custom built cholet - the brightly coloured, multi-story architectural style for which he is famous - has turned the chic, minimalist... Continue Reading →
Essay Film: Tendencias urbanas: Avenida Kollasuyo
A film on the rapid changes experienced in the neighbourhood of Kollasuyo, in the North of La Paz - the home of the first boutique of Chola Paceña fashion designer Eliana Paco Paredes, shopping malls dedicated to the pollera, and some of the city's most eye-catching cholets. Produced by Kate Maclean, Sergio Marín and Alison... Continue Reading →
Exhibition – Decolonising witchcraft: Portraits of traditional healers in Bolivia
Peltz Gallery, Birkbeck, University of London, 3-25 March 2017 This exhibition portrays the women whose livelihoods involve the traditional rituals, artefacts and medicines that play a central role in culture and health in Bolivia. The indigenous wisdom involved in this work has been sidelined, either as ‘witchcraft’ under colonial powers or as merely ‘folklore’ by... Continue Reading →