Camilo Pachón

 Exploring the power of art and community work as forces for social transformation, and the ancestral technology of the mask as a tool to deconstruct the hegemonic narratives of our contemporary reality.


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Invisible Landscapes
Atún Jirru

Invisible Landscapes
Is a series of artistic actions and discussions promoted by the Colombian artist Camilo Pachón, in collaboration with the Wayúu social leader Jakeline Romero Epiayú and Temporary Gallery in Cologne.

This initiative focuses on exploring the physical and spiritual impact of the increasing coal extraction in the territories of the Wayúu indigenous people in northern Colombia, driven by the rise in exports to Germany, as well as the application of similar principles and practices in the wind energy projects that the Colombian government's energy transition intends to establish in their sacred lands.

We recognize the significance of the collective and spiritual struggles occurring in sacred territories of indigenous communities worldwide and emphasize the fundamental role of their voices in seeking solutions to the current climate crisis.


Invisible Landscapes

The dark spirit of The Coal
Conversation  in ATM Gallery Berlín 
2023
Over a period of two weeks, Jakeline and Camilo engaged in a series of discussions with various organizations, conducted interviews, and participated in conversation at institutions
IInvisible Landscapes

The dark spirit of The Coal
Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT) Cologne
2023Focuses on creating spaces that amplify the voices of communities, fostering critical reflection through imagery that supports the political actions of civil society. In the local artistic context, he emphasizes the crucial importance of involving key actors from the affected communities.

Atùn Jirru
In a violent country, where the visible faces of resistance processes immediately become military targets, arises the question of how we should address, through artistic practices and imagery, the difficult sociopolitical and violent situations experienced in the territories and indigenous communities of southern Colombia.

"Atún Jirru," which in the Inga language means "The Big Bad," is a project that, based on a process of research, training, and participatory creation between Volcán (Camilo Pachón and Maria Clara Figueroa) and the Collective of Communications for Biocultural Peace Ñambi Rimai, creates a mobile device that gathers through texts, drawings, masks, and oral stories the notions of what evil represents for the youth of the indigenous communities Awa, Siona, Inga, Quillasinga, and Kamentzá, and documents a series of resistance strategies with which their communities have managed to overcome it.

"Atún Jirru" was one of the ten Latin American projects selected for the 3rd Biennial of Arts and Design UNAM - "Intangible Resistance: Ideas to postpone the end of the world."