Set in the coast and desert of La Guajira, a region located in the Caribbean on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, a Wayuu artist invites a queer artist to create an art piece that goes beyond their identities. The installation they create together intertwines body, dance, and territory. In the process, oral memory is revealed through images that merge the fantastic and the futuristic with documentary and performative elements. This installation integrates video and ancestral techniques of Wayuu weaving, transforming the Chinchorro (Wayuu hammock) and fique fiber into visual canvases.

Selection of Festivals, Exhibitions & Awards

Shedhalle Zurich, ProtoZone16: Hallucinogenesis, World Premiere

Credits

Artistic Directors: ELIZABETH PIRELA & SIMON(E) JAIKIRIUMA PAETAU | Produced by: MAIITUI FILMS – ELIZABETH PIRELA & ATELIER LAPAETAU – LAURA PAETAU & SIMON(E) JAIKIRIUMA PAETAU | Coproduced by: WELTFILM – KRISTINA KONRAD | Director of Photography: ELIZABETH PIRELA | Performed by: SIMON(E) JAIKIRIUMA PAETAU | Art Director: CHRISTIAN KÜLLMEI | Costume Design: MOISÉS ACOSTA, CHRISTIAN Küllmei, ELIZABETH PIRELA, SIMON(E) JAIKIRIUMA PAETAU | Dramaturgy: LAURA PAETAU | Field Producer: NESTOR URIANA | 1st Assistant Camera: JARLEN  HERRERA URIANA | Production Assistants: LUIS HERRERA URIANA, IMANOL CORONADO ARPUSHANA | Still Photography: JAIRO SIJUNA IPUANA |  Editing: ELIZABETH PIRELA & SIMON(E) JAIKIRIUMA PAETAU | Sound Design: RUBÉN VALDES | Music: EL LEÓN DEL SOL BY ROYAL DUST FEAT. AÉREA NEGROT | Post-Production & Color Grading: MARTIN BACKHAUS | Design Flyer: CAMILO ACOSTA | Distribution: LUCIA GONZÁLEZ GARCÍA

With the kind support of Weltfilm – Kristina Konrad, Shedhalle, Südkulturfonds, the Ilse-Augustin-Stiftung & the Department of Culture and Social Cohesion of the Senate of Berlin.