I had the privilege to attend the zoom event by Patricia Cadavid which involved many topics such as Math, Science, Technology, Art, and Culture.
Patricia Cadavid is an artist and researcher who was born in Columbia. She looks at the relationships and the effects of coloniality within new media from the migratory and decolonial and anti-colonial perspectives.
She first began to show the concept and model of the Khipu. The Khipu is a knotted string device done by the Incas that records and keeps anything relating to accounting or calculating mathematics. In relation to class, this brings in ideas of math + art such as in week 2 and how mathematics can be used but in a more artistic way rather than seeing numbers and symbols.
"Rolled up Khipus is study by the khipu data base project - Havard University, stored at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin"
Electronic Khipu
Patricia then mentioned her own makeshift model of the Khipu called the "Electronic Khipu" which incorporates Technology and Art to create a unique sound and rhythm. Her idea of creating this was to bring people together and have them experience a new aesthetic of listening to music.
Patricia Cadavid Electronic Khipu
Yupana
Patricia did not stop here, she also was able to incorporate this new tool called the Yupana, which when translated means "to count". The Yupana is a tablet of squares that places colored stones, grains, or beans which are then manipulated to produce calculations. Despite no math being done, Patricia created a way to make sound and rhythm in order to hear the "calculations" and find a way to make it interactive with the user.
Kanchay Yugana// interaction example
Khipu + Yupana
She was able to make an entire song with the Khipu and Yupana combined together that is called "Return to the land Video". Here the knots are being created instead of using a typical keyboard to write the codes for the sound texture. Codes are being created which bring the Technology + Art aspect into this project.
Regreso a la Tierra (Return to land) Performance excerpt
I would highly recommend this event for students to attend if the opportunity ever arises as it brings in so many topics we have covered and truly influenced my understanding of various fields.
References:
“Incan Khipu and Yupana.” KASS, https://kartsci.org/kocomu/computer-history/incan-khipu/. Accessed 22 Apr. 2022.
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