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THE COSMOS IN WARP AND WEFT: THE CRUX CONSTELLATION AND ITS PROPORTIONS IN ANDEAN TEXTILES

Authors

  • Universidad Finis Terrae, Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/poiesis.v24i42.61296%20

Keywords:

Arte, Ciencia y Tecnologia, Arte textil andino, Continuidad Cultural, Constelación Crux, Sistemas proporcionales

Abstract

This paper reflects on the dialogue between pre-Hispanic textile pieces from the collection of the Museo de Arte Precolombino e Indígena - MAPI, Uruguay, with other pieces of my own making, in the context of the exhibition “illariykuna, resplendent textiles”. The long-standing relationship between Andean textiles and observations of the Crux constellation is explored and how these may have influenced the development of textile techniques and one of the proportional systems used by the Andean culture. It is concluded that this search has not lost validity; on the contrary, it intensifies with experimentation with other technologies. The knowledge captured in textiles does not expire, because in them we can still observe the movement of the cosmos.

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Author Biography

, Universidad Finis Terrae, Chile

aruma|Sandra De Berduccy é pesquisadora boliviana residente no Chile. É Mestra em Artes Visuais pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Artes Visuais da UFBA, na linha de pesquisa de Processos Criativos. Atualmente é doutoranda no Programa Interdisciplinario en Humanidades da Universidad Finis Terrae, Chile.

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2023-12-30

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Sandra De Berduccy, aruma|Sandra D. B. (2023). THE COSMOS IN WARP AND WEFT: THE CRUX CONSTELLATION AND ITS PROPORTIONS IN ANDEAN TEXTILES. REVISTA POIÉSIS, 24(42), 112-131. https://doi.org/10.22409/poiesis.v24i42.61296