Event 1

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    For my first event I attended an event  hosted by Patricia Cadvidad. Her presentation was based on her work which is looking at the relationships and effects of coloniality in new media and sound from the migratory experience and decolonial & anti-colonial thinking. At first I wasn’t really quite sure what to expect. As the event began Cadvidad explained how before colonization occurred there was no distinction between science and art. That separation came much later. In fact many objects were created using both science and art as a foundation.


 The first object shown in the khipu. The khipu is an art and scientific instrument. This instrument was used by Ancient Andean cultures like the Incas to record and communicate information by using strings and knots. Cavidad created the electronic khipu. This object was created as a musical instrument and even created a whole spotify album. Every single knot on each of the strings serves to provide different sounds as changing the knots changes the sound just like changing the knots on the original khipu changes the story.


    The second object  shown in the presentation was the Yupana. The Yupana is also an instrument used in Ancient Andean cultures. It is an abacus used to perform arithmetic operations. It was used as a grid in order to teach mathematics. Similarly to the Khipu, Cadvidad created a newer version that is also used to create various sounds in order to create music. This instrument serves as a ground sequencer.   These objects illustrate how the barriers between art and science are very thin.


At the end of the day I definitely enjoyed watching the event as it was something completely new to me. The sounds these objects produced were very intriguing. I would recommend this event to other people.

Sources

1) Cartwright, Mark. “Quipu.” World History Encyclopedia, World History Encyclopedia, 20 Apr. 2022, https://www.worldhistory.org/Quipu/.

2) “Incan Khipu and Yupana.” KASS, 1 July 2020, https://kartsci.org/kocomu/computer-history/incan-khipu/.

3) “Yupana the Fibonacci Number Grid Based Calculator of Inka Empire - by Liliana USVAT Mathematics Magazine.” Mathematics Magazine, http://www.mathematicsmagazine.com/Articles/Yupana.php#.YmIDaejMLAs.






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