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I am a new media artist, weaver, specialist in Andean Textile Techniques and re-
searcher from Bolivia. I work, since twenty years ago bringing out artworks, exhibitions,
texts and conferences about researches on traditional textile techniques and
processes of the American continent, especially in Andean and pre-Columbian
textiles. Besides specializing in Natural Dyes, I specialized in backstrap looms
where I use to weave complex techniques and ancient techniques such as
those found in Pacaras, Chankay and Tiawanaku Cultures.
While I work with simple and rudimentary tools like sticks, llama
bones, hand-spun animal fibers and natural dyes, I use to weave unusual
materials for the traditional Andean weave, as optical fiber, conductive thread,
copper as sensors, etc. and in the hidden structure of these weaves I included
electronics circuits, microcontrollers, movement or color sensors, digital LEDs,
code and so on. All those practices merge with each other, resulting in works that give
continuity to the ancient textile tradition of which I consider myself part.
www.sandradeberduccy.com
AWAY I TAKIY
Interactive sound weave
Dimensions: 3.5 m x 40 cm
Year: 2018
Video:
https://vimeo.com/286801798
e-MANTA
Interactive installation
Dimensions: 180 x 80 cm
Year: 2019
Video:
https://vimeo.com/user106823661
e-AWAYO
Interactive Installation
Dimensions: 180 x 80 cm
Year: 2017
Video:
https://vimeo.com/313641242
e-Allqamari
Interactive Installation
Year: 2017
Dimensions: 174 x 43 cm
Year: 2017
e-CHANCAY
Interactive weave
Video:
https://vimeo.com/313642216
SERIE
QR Code
Tapestry to decode
A parallel exists
between this code and the
pre-Columbian tapestry
technique known as kelim,
used hundreds years ago by
the Huari - Tiawanaku culture.
( two pieces )
Traditional fabric with optical
fiber, LEDs and sound
reactive electronic circuit
Variable dimensions
Year: 2018
Video:
https://vimeo.com/380859585
Llimphiri
Electrochemical variations
Cotton and natural dye,
under controlled electrical
impulses.
Date: 2014 - 19
Electrocromatographic experi-
ments, based on the dynamics
between acidic and alkaline
mediums.
Video:
https://vimeo. com/115396409
Llimphiri
Electrochemical variations
Video:
https://vimeo.com/196499725
CRUX
Interactive weave
Dimensions: 90 x 45 cm
Year 2014
Video:
https://vimeo.com/150414115
CRUX
Previous page:
Left:
• Circuit virtual breadboard
• PCB circuit design
• Study for weaving
• Quechua weavers with
the work
Right:
• Process weaving and
soldering
De Berduccy’s research results and artistic work have been shown in international
contexts. Recently participated in Algomech Festival, Sheffield, United Kingdom - 2019,
Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria - 2019, Mercosur Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil - 2020,
among others. In 2020 was invited to participate in Boulder Museum BMoCA Residency,
Colorado, United States
Her works are in collections such as ESCALA Essex Collection of Art from Latin America,
United Kingdom, PINTA - Contemporary Latin American Art. London and New York, Nation-
al Art Museum of La Paz, Bolivia and private collections around the world.
2019- 2020 Self-managed art-based research: Deep Weave
2006 - 2008 Master of Visual Arts. Programa de Pós -Graduação em Artes Visuais
Escola de Belas Artes. Universidade Federal da Bahia.
Fellowship of Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia.
FAPESB. Research: DESENVOLVER, lines that provoke art practices.
1996 - 2001 Fine Arts Degree. Universidad Mayor de San Andrés. La Paz – Bolivia.
Title of thesis: Tapestry: painting with thread.
Studies & Researches__________________________
2014 - 2020 Territorio Lupaqa. Art and Technology in the Native Forest,
Qollpamayu - Cochabamba, Bolivia.
2012 WEYA – Young Bolivian Artists in to the World Encounter Young Artist.
Nottingham, UK Comisioned by: RedesArte, mARTadero and
Fundación Visión Cultural.
2018 Ebenböck-Haus & Goethe Institute & Deustches Museum. München – Germany.
AEI-Arte Electrônica Indígena. Thydêwá. Aldeia do Cachimbo, Bahia - Brazil
2011 Casa Tres Patios. AECID – Residencias en Red Network, Medellín - Colombia.
2009 Atlantic Center For the Arts. Master Artist Residence. Florida – United Estates
2008 Kiosko Gallery. Hivos. Triangle Art Trust, Santa Cruz - Bolivia.
__________________________ Residencies
2004 ArtCorps - New England Biolabs Foundation & WCS. Uaxactún, Petén – Guatemala.
2019 ST+ART+S Prize 2019 Honorary Mention with Arte Electrônica Indígena Project, Brazil.
Ars electronica Festival. Linz Austria.
2012 Bice Bugatti Award. Third Prize. Bugatti Bicce Award. Nova Milanese - Italy
2011 Goethe Prize. SiART Laboratories. International Art Biennal SIART. La Paz - Bolivia
Bice Bugatti Award. Panoramas del Sur. Third Prize. Nova Milanese - Italy
2008 Diálogos Estéticos Prize – Visual Arts Curator. Fundação Cultural do Estado da
Bahia. FUNCEB, Salvador – Bahia, Brazil
__________________________ Awards Selection
Forthcoming solo exhibition:
2022 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago - Chile.
2018 Constelación aruma. Honour exhibition Biennial SiArt. National Museum of Art. La Paz -Bolivia
2008 DESENVOLVER práticas de arte. Forte São Marcelo, Salvador – Bahia – Brazil.
2011 kutikutimuy pisando. Collaboration with Bernardo Rozo. INDI Digital Interactions Festival.
Cinemateca Boliviana, La Paz - Bolivia
2009 360 Grados, Collaboration with Bernardo Rozo. VI Art Biennial SiArt. La Paz - Bolivia.
12 veces por segundo. with Bernardo Rozo. KIOSKO Gallery. Santa Cruz - Bolivia.
2019 Cocoon- Arte eletrônica Indigena. British Academy Showcase. London - United Kingdom
Patterns of Movement, Algomech Festival. Sidney & Matilda. Sheffield - United Kingdom
Out of the Box. Arte Electronica Indigena. Ars electronica Festival. Linz - Austria
2018 Away I Takiy – Penelope Project Museum für abgüsse klassischer bildwerke Munich - Germany
WOMAN WEAVERS, Ideobox Art space, Miami – United Estates.
AEI- Arte Electrônica Indigena. Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia. Salvador – Brazil
Artefactos de Artes Mediales. CENTEX – Ministerio de Culturas. Valparaiso – Chile.
2017 Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA - Video Art in Latin America, Getty Research Institute,
LAXART, California - United Estates.
2012 PINTA New York. England & Co. Gallery, New York - United States.
PINTA London. ESCALA Gallery and England & Co. Gallery,. London – United Kingdom
Unravelling Threads. ESCALA Gallery. Curated by: Valeria Paz. Colchester – United Kingdom
2014 Corriente Mamoré, Site specific installation. Mamoré River, Beni - Bolivia
2013 Un ser de sensaciones. Feat. Son Negro, Galeria Plaza de La Paz. Barranquilla – Colombia.
2012 Si Me Permiten Hablar. Pinta London. ESCALA & England Gallery. London – United Kingdom
Brote de Monte. Live cinema. Collaboration with Manrico Montero. mARTadero. Cochabamba–Bolivia.
Carta de Viaje. Horse Latitudes. Audiovisual Project. Espacio Simon I. Patiño. La Paz- Bolívia.
errantes. Urban Intervention: stencils animated in real time. With Adriana Bravo. Mexico City - Mexico.
Chamakani. Collaboration with Daniel Cotillas. CONART. mARTadero. Cochabamba - Bolivia
Buscaban las fronteras. Interactive intervention: Cultural Center of Spain, La Paz - Bolivia
2011 High Tech, low tech. Multimedia concert. Museo de Etnografía y Folklore. La Paz – Bolivia.
Horse Latitudes. Audiovisual Project. AGregadoS Lab. El Desnivel. La Paz – Bolivia.
TRAKKING. Interactive intervention: Noite Blank, Museo Nacional de Arte. La Paz –Bolivia
Yawarniyki… Interactive installation, Cinemateca Boliviana Festival INDI La Paz –Bolivia
2010 Una chica tan decente como Yo, 3XAMORemix. Feat. Noelle Lieber and Maria Isabel Rueda.
ASim´tria 6 Festival. Arequipa y Cusco-Perú.
REMIX de lo MISMo. Feat Noelle Lieber & Amaury Pacheco. Teatro de Artes y Letras. La Habana - Cuba
Pushka High Info. Cimientos, Performance Festival. Centro S. Patiño, Cochabamba-Bolivia.
2008 envolver-desenvolver. Performative action - Forte San Marcelo Museum. Bahía - Brazil.
2006 Las industrias & Chordatha griphus. Site specific Installations. Ruínas. Creative Processes
Old Factory Fratelli Vita, Salvador – Bahia – Brazil.
2018 Weaving as early digital technology. Conference Jetopa. MUSEF, La Paz - Bolivia
Textile and sound. Collaboration with Penelope Project Museum for Plaster Cast. Munich, Germany.
Weaving/ Programming Conference MAC - Museum Of Contemporary Art of Santiago - Chile
2017 Can you read this textile? Conference. CCELP – Cultural Center of Spain in La Paz. La Paz - Bolivia
2016 Textile as technology and phenomenology. MAC- Museum of contemporary art of Oaxaca. Mexico
Weaving/ Programming Textile Museum of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Andean Textile in contemporary art. Space Fidencia. Mexico City.
2011 +audio - visual and vice versa: multidisciplinary proposals. High Tech Low tech.
Scientific conferences of La Salle University. MUSEF. La Paz, Bolivia.
DESENVOLVER. The practice of art as becoming. Philosophy. Goethe Institute. La Paz - Bolivia.
Conferences __________________________
DESENVOLVER in real time. Performace-Conference. Casa Tres Patios. Medellin - Colombia.
2019 Weavers Trawun. Workshops with Mapuche Weavers. Los Hualles, Osorno - Chile
e-textiles with warp techniques. Royal College of London, London - United Kingdom
e-textiles Workshop. Algomech Festival. Access Space. Sheffield - United Kingdom
2018 Electrical properties of the andean textiles, workshop SiArt, CCELP, COSUDE. La Paz - Bolivia
2017 Electronics of secret things workshop. CCELP – Cultural Center of Spain. La Paz - Bolivia
2016 kurti, incorporando el telar andino. Textile Museum of Oaxaca, Oaxaca - Mexico.
Andean Textile techniques. Fidencia Space. Mexico City - Mexico.
Workshops Selection__________________________
2012 Live Cinema workshops. CONART Process. mARTadero. Cochabamba – Bolivia
ESCALA - Essex Collection of Art from Latin America. University of Essex,
Colchester- United Kingdom
ENGLAND & Co. – Art Gallery. London - United Kingdom
PINTA – Contemporary Latin American Art. London & New York.
Museo Nacional de Arte La Paz- Bolivia.
Museo de Arte contemporáneo Santa Cruz – Bolivia
Museo Nacional de Etnografía y Folklore. La Paz- Bolivia
ESCALA RESEARCH PAPER No.2 Unravellling Threads.: Valeria Paz. Essex Collection of Art From Latin America.
2012 http://www.escala.org.uk/resources/2D/2DD8C9E3-3404-966E-5C9D-2A358A3242A1/ESCALA%20Research%20Paper%202.pdf