On 14/06/2024 at 16:30-18:00 at the Fablab iMAL (Brussels), Gala Berger and indigenous artist Metsá Rama will lead a workshop to learn about the worldview of the Shipibo-Conibo people through the practice of Kené painting.
Based on the skin patters of anaconda, the Kené designs of the of the Shipibo-Conibo people inhabiting the Peruvian Amazon have a deep symbolic meaning representing the geography of the forest and expressing beliefs about the connections between material and immaterial world.
During the workshop, the participants will have the opportunity to learn about Shipibo-Conibo art as well as culture and agricultural science through hands-on experimentation with the different Kené designs and the techniques for their production (from drawing the patterns to painting the Kené).
The workshop will take place in English and Spanish. This event is FREE but registration is required on iMAL's website.
This event is being organised in the framework of the NaturArchy exhibition by JRC SciArt in partnership with iMAL and in collaboration with the Public Participation and Deliberative Democracy Festival by the Joint Research Centre's Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy.
The Invisible Seeds artwork to which the workshop references, developed after two years of collaboration between Gala, the Shipibo-Conibo artists and agricultural policy and research input from Irene Guerrero Fernandez (JRC) will be unveiled this same week at iMAL as part of the NaturArchy exhibition.
What: Invisible Seeds workshop and inauguration
Where: Fablab iMAL, 30 Quai des Charbonnages, Brussels - ticket registration necessary on iMAL website.
When: 14/06/2024, 16:30-18:00
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