Revalorización y rescate de la lengua chatina – Comunidades de San Isidro Llano
Gala Porras Kim carried out a project to revalue and rescue the Chatin language in the Community of San Isidro Llano Grande, with the collaboration of the El Niño Artillero School and the Committee of Parents.
The artist produced a list in Chatino and Spanish of the names of places, private and public buildings of the community, and the nomenclature of the streets. Porras Gala Kim produced bilingual Chatino / Spanish signs and signage and placed them throughout the town.
In total 35 signs were installed that correspond to the streets, the Agency, the community store, and
the Sports Court. In everyday life, the expected social impact is that the community,especially children and young people, have direct and natural contact with their original language through signs in streets and other public places.
Log-Piece
Sin Título (2016)
Cemento y sal
23.5 x 27 x 16.5 cm
Sin Título (2016)
Cemento y sal
23.5 x 27 x 16.5 cm
Colombia
Los Angeles
Gala Porras-Kim is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work questions how knowledge is acquired and tests the potential of the art object to function as an epistemological tool outside of its traditional, art historical context. Recent work examines the ultimate and literal signifier of culture: language, particularly its sounds. Porras-Kim’s work has been included in exhibitions at Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles; The Bindery Projects, Minneapolis; 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, CA; Ex-Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico D.F; FOXRIVER, Singapore; and Dobaebacsa HQ, Seoul, Korea. She received a BA and MA from UCLA, MFA from the California Institute of the Arts, and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She is a 2013 California Community Foundation Fellow, and a 2015 Creative Capital grantee.
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January 2016