Premio Nacional del Crítica. SOBERANIA VISUAL EN ABYA YALA
This essay was awarded the first prize in the 2017-2018 edition of the National Art Essay and Criticism Award by the Ministry of Culture and Universidad de los Andes in Colombia. Soberania Visual en Abya Yala (Visual Autonomy in Abya Yala) presents the work of a group of contemporary indigenous artists of the continent underlining their situated, relational, and contextual practice. From visual journals, photography, performance, public art, and installation these producers related their artistic practice to local histories of resistance, cultural revival, sustainability, and social activism. The edition also presents three other essays (two short and one long) that were awarded or recognized in the edition of the event. In Spanish. (For the English version contact the author)