Quipucamayo
A new work, from my walking as research and using ropes to record memory.
This week i am making connections, from further reading and a visit to the Rauschenberg exhibition at the Tate Modern.
A Pole storing the cords from one of my walks |
From further reading, the concept is not uniquely Andean.
Further evidence cited of recording and storing information on a cord:
Herodotus mentions one in use during the Persian Wars.
New Mexico Pueblos
The Ryukun Islands
Hawaii
Furthermore, a biblical reference:
Numbers15: 37 - 38
Prescribes knotted fringes as a vector of memory.
Connection with Robert Rauschenberg:
I visited the Rauschenberg exhibition at the Tate Modern this week,. As I made my piece QUIPUCAMAYO and my ideas, developed, it felt very connected with Rauschenberg's central occupation from the 1980's and beyond using art as a tool for the promotion of intercultural dialogue.
for more about the Rauschenberg exhibition
for more about the Rauschenberg exhibition
Looking forward:
I will be organising two new walks in the new year, in London and Margate. The walks are an opportunity to openly and collaboratively engage in sited poetry readings and interventions. I will be posting more information in January. Please get in touch if you would like to take part in planning and taking part in either of these walks.
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