Actividades

Juan Ignacio Cabruja was selected with his work Ancát ug uváe for the XIII Contemporary Sacred Art Biennial.

The jury was composed of Carlos Herrera (artist), Raúl Flores (artist and curator), and Ofelia Manzi (professor and researcher). The Biennial invites reflection on the Sacred as an expression of humanity’s transcendence toward the divine. The exhibition can be visited from August 15 to September 17 at the Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, with curatorship by María Pimentel.

About the work by Juan Ignacio Cabruja:

Ancát ug uváe

In the Chaná language, an Indigenous culture from the Argentine littoral, there is an ambiguous word used to name both memory and heart: ancát, meaning interior. Uváe means light.[1]

“I use a totem format because it can hold diverse attributes and meanings depending on each person or collective. Totemism is understood as the principle or origin of a clan believed to descend from that totem, attributing to it qualities that reflect natural forces and spiritual attributes. This can be found throughout the history of humankind across different cultures.
A totem composed of contemporary objects or artifacts communicates and opens a portal, glimpsing the unspeakable and the timeless.
Through coding and mathematical programming—which allow us to control these devices—the work reveals the connection between science, new technologies, art, and magical thinking.”