renacer/rebirth: wearing a decolonial cosmos

renacer/rebirth: wearing a decolonial cosmos (2015-)

this work is informed by my continued research on the spiritual practices my ancestors, embracing my idiosyncratic spirituality as a site of re-existence, and considering healing as radical self-care.
the headdress (steel mesh and thread) is a depiction of Indigenous Andean-Amazonian Cosmology: three spherical-cyclical space-time realms (ruled by the serpent, puma, and condor*) in a state of constant flux. *known in Quechua as Amaru, Puma, and Kuntur.

closeup of lwrds duniam wearing decolonial headdress of steel mesh and thread in performance art at Les Femme Fatales Presents Revival in toronto

at Les Femme Fatales Presents Revival, 2017, photo by Lucius Dechausay

full body shot of lwrds duniam on stage wearing decolonial headdress of steel mesh and thread in performance art at Les Femme Fatales Presents Revival in toronto

at Les Femme Fatales Presents Revival, 2017, photo by Xander Chilkelly

collage of detail shots of decolonial headdress of steel mesh and thread representing indigenous andean amazonian cosmology. lwrds duniam performance art

detail, decolonial headdress, steel mesh and thread, 2015

lwrds duniam wearing decolonial headdress of steel mesh and thread. indigenous andean amazonian cosmology performance art

wearing a decolonial cosmos, 2015

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performing at “Exist,Resist” opening on December 8, 2016, a group exhibit by The Pendulum Project. Video credit: Javier Lovera