Martín Kaulen

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Una habitación pequeña
Escuela del fosfeno
Registro hablado
Fosfenos
Desentierro
By sound
Birdscapes
Les chutes du temps
Geomancia
Palíndromos
EMM
Arbórea
Bambusoideae
Paisaje microscópico
Cool coco
Drone

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Desentierro, 2020
Installation

Glazed ceramic, sand, synthetic ceramic, plaster, pigments

Périphéries Internationales - Festival Printemps de l'Art Contemporain, 2020
Group exhibition
Marseille, France

In this installation, sculptures and symbolisms of Early Horizon cultures, such as the Chavín, Nazca and Moche, are reproduced in reference to the ancestral ritual of ingesting the hallucinogenic Achuma cactus, renamed "San Pedro" during the Spanish colony. It is said that the name is due to the fact that the cactus "opens the gates of heaven", and in the Christian tradition this saint keeps the key.

Sand is spread from the center to the walls, forming stenciled geometric patterns on the floor, repeating the ornaments of a set of objects that emerge from a central mound. It is an installation in which people must decide to step on the sand to walk through it, being able to leave footprints and to modify it.

Cabeza clava reproduction of Chavin de Huantar temple
Achuma cactus in glazed earthenware inspired by Nasca pottery
Plaster plate reproducing Moche pottery patterns