{"uid":"epbC9AR4CLaaEqDB","type":"artist","tags":["object"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"Crossroads","summary":"The Mapuche tribes of Argentina do not have a written language,\n \ninstead they make use of many symbols (often called iconography) to\n \ncommunicate. \n\n\nMy ancestors, the Argentinean Mapuches, have for thousands of years \n\nused artistic designs and symbols to convey both messages and stories.\n\n\nMany Mapuche icons, such as Star, Spiritual Human, Hug, Plant, \n\nThe World, Community and others look very similar to computer icons,\n\nsuch as Power, Command, Bluetooth, USB, Play, Pause and Ethernet. \n\nDigital symbols are the road signs for our daily life \u2013 those instantly \n\nrecognized icons you press when you interact with your computer. \n\nThe Mapuche people often wrote their symbols on their hands.\n\nDigital describes: \u201cof or relating to the fingers\u201c as well as \u201celectronic \n\ntechnology that generates data\".\n\nThe body imagery in my work, the fingers, relate to the definition of \n\n\u201cdigital\u201d, they present a combination of computer and mapuche icons. They \n\nare both a dramatization of the colonial period and the irreparable \n\nviolence inflicted on the indigenous peoples of Argentina.\n\nMore than a meditation on the colonialism\u2019s aftermath, my focus is the \n\ncollision of indigenous and computer languages. My work does not show indigenous language in \n\nopposition to digital language, but promotes the collaboration between the \n\ntwo.\n\nMy own clothes make up the bulk of the material I use in my textile work.\n\nI ask my community to donate textiles instead of discarding them.","space":"The dimensions of the artworks range from 30 inch x 30 inch  to 50 inch x 50 inch. They are wired and ready to be hang on the walls or ceilings.","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":null,"audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"fileCount":10,"names":"Julia","surname":"Justo","email":"juliart5@hotmail.com","dni_type":"LC","dni":"572079161","address":"111 Third Avenue, Apt 15H","city":"New York City","nacionality":"Argentina\/United States","country_id":"236","birthdate":"1963-11-14T05:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1963-11-14T05:00:00.000Z","telephone":"1 (917) 859-9026","web":"www.juliajusto.com"}