From Maternidades Paralelas – Apu Qorimarka, “Soy Tierra, soy raíz”
2024, video, 2.00 min. Curated by Brenda Ortiz Clarke.
Retracing her steps, searching for her hands, her eyes, her voice, I weave myself into the earth. The thread that unites us builds me and makes us one.
This is my place and their place.
As a tribute to her maternal lineage, this work symbolizes the artist’s discovery of the thread that connects her to her ancestral heritage and affirms her rightful identity as a female weaver, an activity passed down through generations of women in her family.
In this sense, the materials—raw organic sheep fiber from her mother’s homeland, Huacrachuco (Huánuco, in the central highlands of Peru)—along with their use in a hand-woven heart, and the act of performing in nature, make this piece an homage to her origins. The performance embodies an encounter and embrace with her heritage, asserting its presence in the modern everyday life.
I am earth, I am root. In it I find myself, in it I weave and build myself. In it I am me, present.
Peru, 1976.
Bachelor of arts from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
Has participated in several group exhibitions, including Portugal’s Contemporary Textile Art Biennial.
Winner of the 2023 BCRP National Painting Prize and runner-up in the 2024 ICPNA Contemporary Art Prize, among others.
Her work is part of several private collections.
