Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay: Indigenous Space, Modern Architecture, New Art

July 13–Sept 30, 2018

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Each artist featured in this exhibition has chosen several songs that inspire them and their artistic practice. As a whole, the playlist is demonstrative of the richness and diverse cultural backgrounds that each of the seven Latinx artists bring forth.

Perspectives

Frank Lloyd Wright's Textile Block Houses and the Maya Revival

"Often distinct architectural styles of distant regions and time periods [...] were mixed promiscuously."

—Jesse Lerner, Artbound
New Andean: a new indigenous architecture

—The Architectural Review
Lasers Reveal a Maya Civilization So Dense It Blew Experts’ Minds

Lasers Reveal a Maya Civilization So Dense It Blew Experts’ Minds

—The New York Times
Witnessing the In-Visibility of Inca Architecture in Colonial Peru

—Stella Nair, Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum
Radio Ambulante
Episode 45: Wara

—Radio Ambulante, NPR
7 English and Spanish Words That Come From Quechua

"From pucho to carpa to caucho, Spanish in the Andes is peppered with words that come from Quechua."

—Remezcla
Documental: Monumento de Monumentos

—Museo Nacional de Antropología
Explore Teotihuacan at Home with Minecraft

"Virtually experience Teotihuacan in an interactive, first-person experience."

—de Young Museum
Indigenous Languages: Nahuatl, Quechua, & Maya
A Study of Multilingual Immigrant Students & Their Families

—Carlos Pérez
Study identifies traces of indigenous 'Taino' in present-day Caribbean populations

—Phys.org

Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay: Indigenous Space, Modern Architecture, New Art

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