aruma | Sandra De Berduccy
(Oruro, Bolivia)
Transdisciplinary artist, researcher and weaver specializing in Andean textiles. Her work recognizes traditional Andean textile practices as technological. By applying principles of physics and mathematics, she explores energy manifestations and uses traditional textile techniques as interfaces to visualize the flow of information through the complexity of its fibers.
In her research, aruma identifies textile processes that intersect with philosophical concepts, creating interactive textile installations that facilitate haptic feedback and interconnectivity, revealing symbiotic pathways.
“While working with simple and rudimentary tools such as ribbons, llama bones, hand-spun animal fibers and natural dyes, I use to weave materials unusual for traditional Andean textiles, such as optical fiber, conductive thread and copper as sensors, etc. and in the hidden structure of these fabrics I include electronic circuits, microcontrollers, motion or color sensors, digital LEDs, speakers, code programming, etc.
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All these practices merge with each other, resulting in works that give continuity to the ancient textile tradition of which I consider myself a part.”
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