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Cecilia Vicuña Read Bio Collapse
Cecilia Vicuña Read Bio Collapse
Cecilia Vicuña is a poet, performer, and sound and visual artist, who coined the concept of arte precario (or “precarious art”) in the 1960s in response to pressing concerns of the modern world, including ecological destruction, human rights, and cultural homogenization. Born and raised in Santiago, she was exiled during the early 1970s after the violent military coup against President Salvador Allende. This sense of impermanence, and a desire to preserve and pay tribute to the indigenous history and culture of Chile, especially the Quipu (an Andean writing system or “knot-record” fashioned from string), have characterized her work throughout her career.
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Staff Picks: Cecilia Vicuña
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Posted: April 1, 2024
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Latin America, Film
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Documentary, Poetry, Experimental Film, Video Art
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Posted: January 11, 2024
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Nature & Ecology
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Folklore & Tradition, Ecofeminism
Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture
River of Rebirth / Healing Water
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Posted: June 7, 2023
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Water & The Sea, Storytelling, Health & Disease, Rituals & Celebrations
INSITE
Journal_06: Common Thread
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Posted: May 25, 2023
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Nature & Ecology, Resistance, Indigenous Issues & Indigeneity
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Animals
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Fondazione Prada
Everybody Talks About the Weather
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Posted: May 16, 2023
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Climate change, Science, Artistic Research
Institution
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Posted: April 23, 2023
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Latin America
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Poetry, Knowledge Production
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Kochi-Muziris Biennale
Full list of artists for fifth edition
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Posted: December 1, 2022
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Borders & Frontiers, Economy
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Storytelling
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Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Art and Solidarity Reader—Radical Actions, Politics and Friendships
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Posted: October 17, 2022
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Art Activism, Socially Engaged Art, Community
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L’Internationale Online
Climate: Our Right to Breathe
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Posted: September 19, 2022
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Publications
frieze
Issue 229: out now
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Posted: September 7, 2022
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Contemporary Art
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Publishing
Institution
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Posted: July 12, 2022
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Interviews & Conversations, Contemporary Art
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Sound Art
Institution
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Posted: April 25, 2022
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Feminism
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Ecofeminism, Surrealism, Biennials
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
My Your Memory
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Posted: April 15, 2022
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Data & Information
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Memory, Digital Humanities
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Posted: April 7, 2022
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Posted: March 4, 2022
Media City Film Festival
25th anniversary virtual edition
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Posted: February 9, 2022
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Film
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Video Art
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Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, Chile
Women in the visual arts in Chile (2010–2020)
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Posted: November 23, 2021
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Feminism, Latin America
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The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College
MA in Curatorial Studies
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Posted: October 20, 2021
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University
The Language In Common
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Posted: October 5, 2021
Liquid Architecture
Disclaimer journal: out now
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Posted: September 29, 2021
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Migration & Immigration, Indigenous Issues & Indigeneity
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Sound Art, Artistic Research
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High Line Art
Insectageddon
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Posted: September 19, 2021
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Nature & Ecology, Performance, Film
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Animals, Poetry
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TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
Jardín Satélite / Para que haya fiesta tiene que danzar el bosque
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Posted: July 28, 2021
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Nature & Ecology, Music
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Plants & Forests, Socially Engaged Art
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Shanghai Biennale
Wet-Togetherness
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Posted: June 2, 2021
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Bodies, Feminism, Gender
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Posted: May 25, 2021
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Death, Rituals & Celebrations
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Istituto Italo Latino Americano (IILA)
Qhapaq Ñan, The Great Andean Road System
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Posted: May 18, 2021
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Anthropology & Ethnography
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Historicity & Historiography, Craft, Infrastructure
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Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2021
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Posted: May 8, 2021
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Theater, Music, Performance, Installation
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Kunsthalle Wien
And if I devoted my life to one of its feathers?
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Posted: May 5, 2021
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Indigenous Issues & Indigeneity
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Decolonization, Post-capitalism
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Johann Jacobs Museum
“Folded Life: Talking Textile Politics”
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Posted: May 4, 2021
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Indigenous Issues & Indigeneity
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Textiles & Fiber Art, Socially Engaged Art, Fashion
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Shanghai Biennale
13th Shanghai Biennale: Bodies of Water
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Posted: April 2, 2021
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Nature & Ecology
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Biennials, Climate change
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