A conversation about the persistence and sovereignty of indigenous knowledge of the rainforest. Key figures from the Inga community in Colombia propose different kinds of learning while the accompanying soundtrack, featuring recordings made by community members themselves, generates a sonic and epistemic field in the exhibition space. The majestic forest landscapes are turning into a vocal cognitive territory. The film Devenir Universidad tells the territorial history and memory of the elders and expresses thoughts about education and the future Indigenous University. It is a contribution to the audiovisual archive of the future Indigenous university as these territorial histories and the memories of the elders have not been recorded in a consistent way.

Devenir Universidad is an artistic project commissioned by the Museu de arte de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, which aims to stimulate and document the Inga-led process of conceptualizing higher education in their territory. In this pluriversity, traditional and scientific knowledge systems are brought into dialogue with the goal of reversing the cultural loss and epistemic damage caused by colonial and extractive regimes. The bicultural project involves research, knowledge production and educational programs, exploring multiple ways of knowing, thinking and relating to their territory.

The synchronized 2-channel video installation Devenir Universidad was commissioned by the Art Museum of UNAL Bogota and the 17th Istanbul Biennial. It was inaugurated on September 11^th 2022 in Istanbul.

Find more information about the entire project here