Abya Yala
(or Memory of a landscape)

Gunpowder, charcoal powder, acrylic paint and ink on paper,
book-shaped object, 25×100 cm (closed) 25×200 cm (open), 2018.

Piece that invites us to remember how the colonization of America was carried out, especially in Argentinean territory through the ¨Conquest of the desert¨. Its format seeks to commemorate the ancient pre-Hispanic manuscripts known as – códices- , most of which were burned during colonization. Abya Yala meaning “Land in its full Maturity”, “Vital Land” or “Blossoming Land”, is a pre-Columbian nomination for the American continent use by Indigenous community organizations.

Abya-yala exhibited at Pics, caps et péninsules – œuvres à dimension olfactive, Galerie Commune, Tourcoing, 2018. ©Yosra Mohtajedi
Memory of landscape presented at La plus petite galerie du monde (OU PRESQUE), Roubaix, FR, 2018. ©Caroline Robe