A CENTRE FOR AMAZONIAN ART AND CULTURE
ART HOUSE
Xapiri Ground is a contemporary presentation of Amazonian art and the dynamic living cultures of the Peruvian Amazon. Organized within a physical space in San Blas, our "art house" is distributed into rooms which reflect the myriad of ways that we collaborate with, support and sustain Amazonian communities, ancestral traditions and bodies of wisdom.
Living narratives
We reciprocate a level of mutual respect by learning and working alongside the people in their territories for sustained periods of time. Because of our collective experience in community, the stories we share are theirs and speak to the creative and collaborative nature of our relationships.
Indigenous HERITAGE
We believe in long term relationship building with individuals and their communities who have consented to sharing their knowledge with us and the public. As multi-generational migrants, locals and foreigners, we seek to nurture a mutual understanding of the realities, ancestral and present, with our Indigenous collaborators through our practice in order to create didactic audio, visual and written representations of their ancestral knowledge for the benefit of the Indigenous people. Below is an open work of this documentation.
Photography: Davis Torres / Tui Anandi / Mike van Kruchten
© Xapiri Ground 2018 - 2026
Iskonawa
Matsés
Awajún & Wampis
Shipibo-Konibo
Yine
Matsigenka
