COMPEL Omeka Dev

Regreso a la tierra (Return to the land)

Item

Title

Regreso a la tierra (Return to the land)

Description

This piece shows two interfaces ( Electronic_Khipu_ and Kanchay_Yupana//) inspired by pre-colonial Andean technologies, made invisible by the processes of colonization of Abya Ayala; The Khipu is an ancient textile computer used for the processing and transmission of information encrypted in knots; the Yupana, is a tangible calculator based on the placement of seeds on boards divided into boxes used to perform arithmetic operations.

Instrumentation

Kanchay_Yupana// an electronic tangible rhythm sequencer and Electronic_Khipu_ a custom instrument

Duration

15.05

URL

https://nime.pubpub.org/pub/i890b317/draft?access=129gcqvt

Collection

Citation

Laddy Patricia Cadavid Hinojosa , “Regreso a la tierra (Return to the land),” COMPEL Omeka Dev, accessed September 19, 2024, http://compel-dev.vtlibraries.net/items/show/859.

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