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Ambingapa

September 22 to October 10 2010, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki

A group exhibition investigating the art and process of healing, organized by Gun Holmström.

Artists: Domingo Cuatindioy (Colombia), Gun Holmström, Juan Recaman (Colombia/USA), Willian Chiquncue Agreda (Colombia)

Shamanistic art from Colombia and première of the collaborative video "The power to heal" by Holmström, Recaman and Chiquncue Agreda.

Welcome to the Opening Tuesday, September 21st at 5–7 pm.

Artist talk Thurday 23 September at 5.30 p.m. with Domingo Cuatindioy, Juan Recaman and Gun Holmström

The film project and the exhibition has been kindly supported by:
AVEK, Oskar Öflund Foundation, Suomen kulttuurirahasto (Finnish Cultural Foundation), Visek

Gallery Katariina
open Thue-Fri 11–17, Sat-Sun 12–16
Kalevankatu 16 • 00100 Helsinki • phone.+358 9 666 677

Domingo Cuatindioy, oil & ink, 50 x 70 cm, 2009

El Poder de Curar / The Power to heal, video, stills


Solo exhibition, Februay 17 - March 6 2011

Huuto Gallery, Uudenmaankatu 35, He lsinki


Solo exhibition, January 2011

The Finnish Institute in Germany


Transaciones - a visual online dictionary

Collaboration with visual artist Juan Recaman.

In spring 2009 we traveled to the village of Sibundoy , Putumayo , Colombia . During the stay we interviewed and filmed at least 100 local people. We were interested in questions like the relationships between the different languages and cultures in the area, between the producer of food/items and the consumer, the catholic church and traditional religion - and the relation between nature and the indigenous people. The material is being posted to http://transaciones.blogspot.com, to our YouTube account Transaciones and on our Facebook page Transaciones Sibundoy. We invite anyone to participate but we try especially to activate the local people.

Transaciones is an artistic research on aspects of communication between cultures and languages in the valley of Sibundoy, Putumayo, Colombia. Transaciones is a word that doesn't really exist - and if it existed, it would be wrongly spelled. With this spirit we approach the concepts of translation, transaction and transmission. WE INVITE ANYONE to participate in this project by submitting material related to the theme. It can be stories in any language, photos or videos from everyday life – from now to the past. Something you would like to share with a global community. Please contact us for more information about participating and uploading (transacion@gmail.com).

All submissions can be seen at
transaciones.blogspot.com
Transaciones Sibundoy on Facebook
Transaciones at Youtube

The project is supported by FRAME (Finnish Fund for Art Exchange).