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 →
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 →
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 →
