{"uid":"cMPl76vynm3VFFuJ","type":"artist","tags":["video"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"Tribal Affairs","summary":"Since the 1800s German people have been fascinated with Native Americans. A rough estimate is that 40,000 to 80,000 people, all over the country, participate in \u2018powwows\u2019 where they dress up in traditional clothing, dance together and chant. Patricia Werneck Ribas traveled to a little village close to Dresden to collect images of these gatherings and to research these phenomena. \nThe artist wanted to go beyond looking at the absurdity of white people dressing up as Native Americans, however.  For this artwork, she has added something else. She edited a conversation between two tribal women from South America looking at the video images of the Germans slow dancing in their \u2018exotic\u2019 costumes. The sound of the Europeans chanting can be heard in the background while the women speak. This unexpected combination is neither critical nor condoning these fascinating get-togethers, just opening up a space to reflect on what it means to be \u2018the other\u2019.\nIn this video, women from the Baniwa tribe heard that some people from the North have affinities with the Indian spirit and organize these powwows in huge tents. Watching this video is as if the two women are also observers of these scenes.  The women from different areas of South America saw potential in a shared love of nature. They wanted to study the possibilities of contacting the Germans to see if they could be allies in the women\u2019s quest to take over the world, finding solutions to global environmental problems.","space":"Full HD, sound stereo, 10:18 min.\nThe video can be either shown on a screen with headphones or be projected on a wall.","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":"Intertribal","video_link":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/388211268","audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"names":"Patricia","surname":"Werneck Ribas","email":"patricia@patriciaribas.com","dni_type":"CI","dni":"20330476-7","address":"Nieuwe Nieuwstraat 6D","city":"Amsterdam","nacionality":"Brazilian","country_id":"169","birthdate":"1972-08-17T23:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1972-08-17T23:00:00.000Z","telephone":"0031629566427","web":"www.patriciawerneckribas.com"}