Artist
Cecilia Vicuña
b. 1948 · Chilean
Cecilia Vicuña works across poetry, performance, sculpture and textile, often using fragile materials such as thread, sticks, wool and found debris. Her quipu-inspired installations connect Indigenous Andean knowledge, language, ecology and political memory.
Poetry; textile; sculpture; performance; installation
Major Works
- 2017Quipu Womb (The Story of the Red Thread, Athens) →
- 2022Brain Forest Quipu →
- 1966 onwardPrecarios →
- 2006Quipu Menstrual →
- 1999Cloud-Net →
- 2017Quipu Mapocho →
- 2018Burning Forest Quipu →
- 1970s onwardPalabrarmas →
- 1979Vaso de leche →
- 2012Quipu Austral →
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
