The Lickanantay people have lived in Chile’s Atacama Desert for more than 15,000 years, developing an oasis culture characterized by scarcity and fragility. In extreme climatic conditions, the Lickanantay managed to diversify plant and animal life in salt flats, lagoons and rivers, thanks to their astronomical observations.In this same territory, located on high hills, there… Seguir leyendo Lo que ocurre en el cielo, ocurre en la Tierra. Cosmología de un Oasis

The textile installation Ckunna tackatur ttasturckota was created collaboratively by the women’s collective Suyis Liq’ cau (1) and Marcela Moraga. The five textiles are intended to embrace, carry and “rematriate” (2) the ancestors of the Lickanantay, whose remains were stolen from Chiu Chiu, a Chilean village in the Antofagasta region of the Atacama Desert. Four… Seguir leyendo Ckunna tackatur ttasturckota

Este trabajo fue inspirado en la lucha indígena contra la extracción minera en los Andes.

Aquí un extracto sobre el proyecto Objeto Sagrado

In “The Mountain as Warp“ the artist intervenes industrial Awayos and rewrites on them as stories about mega-mining in the Andes. Images of excavators, drills, trucks, satellite images of holes in the ground and mining operations in the mountains are graphically worked through pictograms, vectors and zoomorphic abstractions

Aqui escribir un pequeño resumen del articulo

La artista Marcela Moraga vive en Moabit, Berlín, cerca de donde pasa el río Spree. En alemán la palabra Spree es femenino, la artista traduce entonces de forma literal dicha palabra. En sus paseos por la orilla de la Spree se preguntaba por el estado del río y que ocurría bajo la superficie del agua.

Most humans believe that penguins live only in Antarctica. But the Humboldt penguin originally inhabits the Pacific coasts of Peru and Chile, where the cold waters begin to warm. Many penguins of this species also live in many zoos around the world.

The man of stone and other treasures deals with the genocide in Tierra del Fuego, the survivors and the human remains that can be found in various museum collections in Europe, Chile and Argentina.

Cristina Zàrraga says: I was always struck by this recurring phrase that has been given to each Yagan who leaves, the last one. This is how it was believed, for example, when Benito Sarmiento left, or grandfather Felipe, then Rosa Yagan and her testimony that made us think about the extinction of this culture.One day… Seguir leyendo I´m not the Last

In 2018, Marcela Moraga participated in the artistic research program „Magallanes 2020“ in Punta Arenas, Chile. The artist was invited to realize her own project during her stay in Patagonia, which was supposed to include contacts with on-site research institutions in the fields of oceanography, marine biology, paleoecology and history as well as with the local community.

Futuro is the last chapter of the book Neither spices nor species. Chronicle of Patagonia and at the same time a video performance. Futuro took place on the shores of the Strait of Magellan 500 years after the first circumnavigation of the earth. Today the Strait is no longer an important trade route, but an… Seguir leyendo Futuro

The Water Community Museum-Renaico River is an initiative of the Colectivo Social Salvemos el río Renaico (Save the Renaico River Social Collective) and the artist Marcela Moraga. It was founded in 2016, in Renaico a town located in the Araucanía Region, Chile, there crosses a river with the same name. The Collective is a group… Seguir leyendo Museo Comunitario del Agua río Renaico

In My words, your sounds Marcela Moraga participated in a public karaoke located in Berlin’s Mauerpark. The Bearpit-Karaoke as this party is called, is an urban ritual for many citizens and a tourist attraction that takes place every Sunday during spring and summer. It has been organized by Joe Hatchiban since 2009 through donations. The… Seguir leyendo My words, your sounds

Between 2012 and 2015 Marcela Moraga conducted research and developed two projects in Berlin’s Gropius City. Gropiusstadt is a modernist housing complex designed primarily by Walter Gropius and built between 1962 and 1975. The artist was interested in its urban design consisting of high concrete buildings and large green areas. This planning aimed to improve… Seguir leyendo Wohnen und sich erholen

In Protección de los Sentidos (Protection of the Senses) Marcela Moraga performs an important human routine in a forest: cleaning. The artist obsessively cleans tree trunks, plants, stones, and soil found in the area with various cleaning tools and products (fake). She then rearranges certain elements of the forest in this newly cleaned space. This… Seguir leyendo Protección de los Sentidos

After World War II various international agricultural associations launched the Green Revolution in the US and Mexico. The aim was to accelerate agricultural productivity in order to eradicate the hunger and malnutrition that was prevalent at that time in various countries known as developing countries. New technologies were adapted, such as pesticides, high-yield seeds and… Seguir leyendo Tener pies y no tener tierra

This is a series of three video performances carried out in public spaces in the city of Rotterdam. During a four-month stay, the artist researched the movement and routines of the city, taking an interest in its architecture and the music that is so present in its streets.Marcela Moraga performed with a boombox she bought… Seguir leyendo Radio Performance