In this talk event, Thyago Nogueira, curator of this exhibition, and Davi Kopenawa, leader and shaman of the Yanomami tribe, who is a part of the subjects of the works in the exhibition, will discuss the significance of this exhibition held in Kyoto, and the life of the Yanomami tribe and its background. They will also speak on behalf of Claudia Andujar, the artist of this exhibition, about the interaction between she and Yanomami, and what she wanted to convey to the audience through the exhibition.
Important Notice
Passport or single theater ticket is required for this event. Please note that used tickets cannot be used.
Speakers
Thyago Nogueira (Curator, Head of Contemporary Photography department at IMSr)
Thyago Nogueira is the head of the Contemporary Photography Department at Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS), Brazil, and founding editor of ZUM magazine, published by IMS. He has curated numerous exhibitions such as Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle, Daido Moriyama: A retrospective (2022), Miguel Rio Branco: Dreamt Words... (2022), and William Eggleston's The American Color (2015).
Yanomami Leader & Sharman, President of Hutukara
Davi Kopenawa (b. ca. 1956, Mõra mahi araopë community, Marakana region) is a shaman and the main spokesperson for the Brazilian Yanomami, advocating for their rights and territory. His mother died from a measles epidemic brought to his community by American New Tribes missionaries, who also gave him his Christian name Davi. Kopenawa (whose chosen Yanomami name derives from the kopena wasp) left the Yanomami territory to work for non-Indigenous people in his youth. At the age of 15, he started to work for the Brazilian National Foundation for the Indian (Funai), a federal agency for Indigenous people, as a guide and translator. In the 1970s, he moved back to his community. Since the 1980s, Kopenawa has been traveling the world to advocate for the legal recognition of his territory and the protection of his people. He is one of the most important Indigenous leaders in Latin America. His words gained a new international audience with the publication of the seminal The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman (co-authored with anthropologist Bruce Albert, Belknap Press, 2013), for which he developed these drawings. His words and quotes from the book appear throughout this exhibition.
日時
2024.4.1317:00–18:30(Fully booked)
会場
The Museum of Kyoto Annex
Address
Sanjo-Takakura, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
Access
Subway Karasuma Line or Tozai Line “Karasuma Oike” station. 3 min on foot from Exit 5
