1. Splendid cradle | 2004

I found this map of South America in História dos índios no Brasil, edited by Manuela Carneiro da Cunha. It serves to geographically locate the [Brazilian] indigenous ethnic groups discussed in the book’s various texts. I was immediately touched by the image of a continent that––devoid of the political boundaries we know today––is beautifully presented through the very design of its rivers.

• embroidery on antique cotton pillowcase
• 60 x 60 x 20 cm
• OTHER EXHIBITIONS: “Ao amor do público I – Doações na ArtRio (2012-2015) and Minc/Funarte,” Museu de Arte do Rio – MAR, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / Galerie Caroline Vachet, Lyon, France / “L’autre métissages,” Museo Nacional de Etnografía y Folklore, La Paz, Bolivia

Photograph: Kristine Thiemann