Sabio yarumo, dulce coca, tabaco frío y yuca brava
Tatiana Arocha
Artist’s country of origen: Colombia – United States
Medium: Single channel video with audio
Year: 2025
Photo Credit: Etienne Frossard © Tatiana Arocha
Line of Inquiry:
Sabio Yarumo, Dulce Coca, Tabaco Frío y Yuca Brava is an immersive audiovisual installation in which the four elements that give it its title — yarumo, coca, tobacco, and yuca — are living forces in constant dialogue at the center of the maloca, where the domestic and the sacred intertwine.
In the maloca of the Bora Muinane reserve, everything happens simultaneously: the preparation of mambe, the roasting of the leaves, and the voices of the community intertwine like layers of a single sonic fabric, creating a living archive and inviting an act of deep listening.
The Artist
Tatiana Arocha
Tatiana Arocha is a Colombian artist born in New York in 1974, whose practice explores the intimacy between people and the land, personal memory, and her own experience as an immigrant.
