Sapara Willachik Panka I Sapara Triptych

December 16th 2021
Video
Region
Ecuador
Researcher
Context
Taller Sapara was a listening/recording workshop that was carried out in Llanchama Cocha, Sapara Nation, Amazonia, in May 2021 which focused on young people. All activities are linked to knowledge and experiences of the Sapara Nation about education and cultural exchange. Taller Sapara is not based on “teaching” but sharing. The work is based on deep listening exercises, soundwalks, soundscaping and filming experiments to produce collectively a collection of audiovisual materials like an ecological and cultural document and also a base for future research and creation on a global scale.
Formats
Archive of the future
Experimentation
Field research
Performance
Score
Sound action to be replicated
Talk
Transdisciplinary research
Workshop
Disciplines
Deep listening practices
Ecology
Field recording
Philosophy
Politics
Spirituality
Themes
Climate crisis
Healing
Human footprint
Listening as activism
More-than-humans
Wisdom Keepers

An approach to Sapara Nation in three fragments

First fragment:
Sapara Yuyaykawsay / Sapara Memory by Mukutsawa Santi, an interview by Shimanu Ushigua.
Translations: Lucila Lema - Shimanu Ushigua - Lydia Stevens

Second fragment:
Sacha / Forest

Third fragment:
Pakta Rikuk / The Witness
Score by Pauline Oliveros, version by Taller Sapara
Performers: Manari Ushihua, Shimanu Ushihua, Ipiak Montahuano, Ipiak Ushigua, Yataka Montahuano, Illary Grefa, Pedro Manjarrez and Tsakuana Ushigua.