Wayqeycuna (Argentina)

Just as Andean women weave their quipus [textile artefacts made of ropes and knots] as memorials, the Argentinean artist Tiziano Cruz takes the path back to his childhood to reconnect with his community.

Based on archival work, the piece proposes a reflection on how racial hierarchies and structures of domination operate in a world in which neoliberalism violently devastates cultural, vital, and collective traces.

"Wayqeycuna" is the last piece in the trilogy "Tres Maneras de Cantarle a una Montaña" in which the artist articulates, through a series of poetic gestures, his childhood memories of the interior of northern Argentina with political manifestos on the art market and class privilege.

"Wayqeycuna" is performed in Spanish with English subtitles.

U.S. premiere from Argentina!
Audience Award Winner, Zurich Theater Spektakel 2024!

In the Ellyn Bye Studio at Portland Center Stage.

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