8- TANIA CANDIANI ( Cromática)

TANIA CANDIANI

Iáname, syoname, sitákame (Cromática), 2018

Cromática is a project by Tania Candiani that began in 2015. It is made up of series that start from the idea of synesthesia to establish different relationships and organizational models of sensory associations. In this project, the rescue of traditions is seen as a vehicle for the preservation of memory and, therefore, of the different techniques applied in crafts, such as in textile work.

The conceptual epicenter of Cromática is the use of colorants that, in parallel, refer to three of the kingdoms of nature. Red, from the animal kingdom with the grana cochineal, indigo blue, from the Indigofera bush or Xiquilite (in Nahuatl) and mineral pigments such as chrome yellow. These three elements allow the deployment of a whole range of disciplines based on the use, application and connections that are established in the dialogues that take place between technology, understanding and thought.

Iáname, syoname, sitákame is a work that is part of Cromática. For this particular serie at Fundación MARSO, the artist made, in collaboration with three Rarámuri weavers and seamstresses from one of the settlements in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, three typical costumes (but with synthetically dyed fabrics) based on a dialogue about the meaning of colors in the Rarámuri worldview. Thus, the skirts, which are normally sewn to sell or wear, become ethereal elements, repositories of reflections about their ancestral legacy.