Vessels for Liminal Dialogues, filmed within the landscape of Tenjo in Cundinamarca, witnesses timeless Indigenous traditions of co-creating habitat that reveal how “building” is an inherently collective process. Reflecting on how “Casas de Pensamiento” (“Houses of Thought”)—the material, energetic, and spiritual focal points of community life—are envisioned and constructed, Vessels for Liminal Dialogues proposes the act of building as a physical manifestation of our interconnectedness, teaching us about the true meanings of reciprocity, regeneration, and sustainability. The two-channel video installation is contained within a dome covered by earthen plasters holding a woven sculpture as a centrepiece.
Participants
FUNDACIÓN ORGANIZMO, TENJO, COLOMBIA - Ana María Gutiérrez, Bogotá, Colombia, 1980. Lives and works in Tenjo, and the Orinoco and Amazonian regions of Colombia.
Natalia Guarnizo, Bogotá, Colombia, 1978. Lives and works in Bogotá, and the Orinoco and Amazonian regions of Colombia.
LUMACK STUDIO, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - Ana Lumack, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1983. Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lucas Melkane, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1988. Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
REVISIONS MEDIA, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - Alice Grandoit-Šutka, New York, USA, 1986. Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Technical Collaborators
Ana Lumack and Lucas Wichmann Melkane, Lumack Studio (Pavilion Production); Moonbow Imaging, Alice Grandoit-Šutka, Lee Harrison, Alfonsina Granados Maestre, David V Britton, Chris Williams, Michelle Kuan & Emi Takahashi, Isabel Flower, Catalina Mejía Moreno (Film Crew)
Team
Fundación Organizmo: Ana María Gutiérrez, Natalia Guarnizo, Nicolas Prieto, Andrés Felipe Velasco, Claudia Vallejo
Thanks
William Fonque, Nohelia Valencia, House of Thought students and construction team, Jaime Peña Studio, Communities of La Urbana and Pueblo Nuevo from the Matavén Jungles, Asociación Mataven Deyiu, Colectivo Takaka, Carolina Bermudez
Supporters
re:arc institute; Cancillería Nacional de Colombia y Embajada de Colombia en Italia
