Felipe Arturo
– Casa Wabi 2017
Community Project
Recuperación de tejido vegetal – “Cleto Reyes,artesano de la comunidad Barra de Navidad. Agencia municipal de Santa María Colotepec” Colombian artist Felipe Arturo managed to establish a dialogue with the palm artisan, Don Cleto Reyes of “La Barra de Navidad” through the process of learning the techniques of weaving with palm and water lily. After a couple of successful hat weaving sessions, a workshop was conducted with the primary school youth of San Isidro Llano Grande during which they discussed the possibilities of creating and developing objects and structures through the weaving of plant fibers: the palm and the lily; emphasizing the recovery of such crafts.
Colombia
Bogota, 1979
Felipe Arturo is an architect and artist. His practice takes elements from fields in the proximities of urbanism, architecture and art in relation to politics, history, geography and economy. His works and projects are mainly sculptures, installations and videos departing from concepts like structure, sequence and matter. The work of Arturo is deeply influenced by vernacular architecture and construction techniques that reflect processes of assimilation and resistance to colonial and post-colonial processes.
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