Kanasto de Origen
Aimena Úai
Artist’s country of origen: Colombia
Materials: Mixed media: dragon’s blood resin, mambe, and wito on canvas
Size: 80 × 90 cm (31.5 × 35.4 in)
Year: 2024
Line of Inquiry:
The Maloka and everything learned within it form a constellation of great interconnected knowledges. In this context, the kanasto embodies the image and practice of weaving the Murui word-thought: a living archive opened to teach, heal, deliberate, and envision the future—anchored in the mambeadero, the house, and the plants of power.
The Artist
Aimena Úai
Aimema Úai —The Voice of the Crane— is a contemporary artist, mambeólogo (coca practitioner), and researcher from the Murui-Muina people of the Colombian Amazon. Born in La Chorrera in 1996, his artistic formation is deeply rooted in the ancestral knowledge of his family.
