Speaker: Constance Pineapple

Monday, May 24 16:00 pm - 17:00 pm

The stars, in their harmonic and perpetual movement, trace mysterious shapes in the celestial vault. These figures have been observed since time immemorial by our ancestors, who came to understand that behind the visible sky there is a calculating power that orders everything.

The astronomical khipus were technical instruments to capture these configurations, using strings and knots that symbolize magic numbers, which at the same time represent days, months and stellar years, as books of prophecy and divination. An ancestral computation system that reveals the divine character of the cosmos.

During the presentation I will talk about the project Khipu an artistic research that began in 2013 which resulted in a textile electromagnetic sound installation and an artist's book. These works were developed by a group of five women during the collaborative laboratory entitled: Textile computing and spectral sonification. We will comment on the development process of the project, reviewing topics such as Andean science fiction and feminist references in the history of astronomy and computer systems in relation to textile development.