Life for the whole planet!
Done for the Maskbook. Arte of Change. 21. Campagn
12.2020
Name of the mask: Life for the whole planet!
My method of creation
Handmade
Indigenous people are the first protectors of the forest. They see themselves as the very extension of what they consider to be the earth-forest. Not a source of income but a breathing being gifted with a soul. I used laurel leaves picked in the wild. On these leaves I embroidered the names of indigenous ethnic groups that dwell in the forests of the lands which came to be called Brazil. I borrowed the laurel’s symbolism, originating in Greece, cradle of the western civilization. I embroidered the leaves with the names of the peoples who keep the forests standing and, in so doing, enable life on earth.
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Names of the 20 indigenous peoples embroidered in the mask:
Yanomani Kokama
Baniwa Pataxó
Tukano Guajajara
Mandurucu Makuna
Araweté Karapanã
Makuxi Tupinambá
Krenak Tuyuka
Kubeo Arapaso
Baré Kotiria
Xikrim Guarani
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