The House of the Guna People is Sinking
concept by Diego Briceño
Guna artist Oswaldo De Leon Kantule, better known as Achu, paints a map of his homeland, Guna Yala, a territory that includes over 300 islands on Panama´s Caribbean coast. These islands are now threatened by rising sea-levels due to climate change and most communities will eventually be forced to migrate to the mainland. I go with Achu to Ustupu, their most populated island, during their annual Revolution commemoration to ask a group of Guna youth to record four short videos about their memory inspired on the artist's poetic rendering of the territory...
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concept and interactive design by Diego Briceño Orduz co-creator and artwork by Oswaldo De Leon Kantule “Achu” videos created in collaboration with Centro Fotógrafos Sin Fronteras de Ustupu, Guna Yala centre coordinator Andrés De Leon Kantule video making participants: Karibel Iglesias, Maikaluna Paredes, Tito López, Donipiler Fernandez, Americo Vespucio Smith, Dayana Alfaro, Dutu López, Dixon Paredes, Olo Charles, Eibar Martínez, Kalupiler Palacios, Lideyka Ayarza rap by Sarky / GunaRevolution additional camera & sound + editing Diego Briceño Orduz motion graphics and color correction by Erik Chen programming Paul Gascou-Vaillancourt additionnal sound fxs René Portillo Project incubated at Makila, coopérative de solidarité Produced as part of the Graduate Certificate in Digital Technologies in Design Art Practice, Department of Design and Computation Arts, Concordia University (Montreal) supervisor: pk langshaw |
Special Thanks to: National Film Board of Canada Agence TOPO Les production ISCA Hexagram-Concordia Banff Centre Betania Orduz in Panama Domitila DeLeon, Fernando Fernandez, Lois DeLeon, Angela Laird, Eric Gutiérrez, Leonor Pastor, Autograph Lodge, Sandrine Casto in Montreal Alison Loader, Brad Todd, Valérie Lamontagne, Chris Moore, Carmela Cucuzzella, ELizabeth Miller, David Ward, Prem Sooriyakumar, Jason Lewis, Alicia Fortier, Kat Baulu, Ellen Tang, Abraham Lifshitz, Jesse Freeston, Giulia Frati, Michel Lefebvre, Vincent Archambault, Oscar Garavito, my classmates: Alec, Oana, Matthew, Mira, Andreea, Brian, Kyle, and Patricia y Sarita The rights on the media elements of this work are shared between Diego Briceño, Oswaldo DeLeon Kantule and the Centro de Fotógrafos Sin Fronteras de Ustupu. The artwork, stories, music, representation and general voices and images of the people and places, belong to the Guna People, represented legally by El Congreso General Guna limited rights reserved © 2014 |
 
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