THE JÀKA PROJECT

ART AUCTION

A bridge for the Kogi People – Guardians of the Earth

Supported by the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre

THE AUCTION HAS NOW ENDED

Ackroyd & Harvey | ADAM DIX | ALEXANDRE BIANCHINI | ALICE HERRICK | ALICJA DOBRUCKA | ANA MARIA VELASCO | ANDREW MCALPINE | BECKY BAUR | BIDDY BUNZL | CEDRIC CHRISTIE | CHARLOTTE HOPKINS HALL  | CHET LO | CORNELIA PARKER | DAVID FRYER  | DAVID SWINDELLS | DIETMAR LUTZ | DJ ROBERTS | DRAGAN ALEKSIC | EDGAR SCHMITZ | FIONA BANNER AKA THE VANITY PRESS | FRANCESCA GABBIANI | GAVIN TURK | GERALDINE SWAYNE | graeme miller & steve shill | HEDLEY ROBERTS | HELEN MAURER | JACK MAMA | JAKE CLARK | JEANNE SUSPLUGAS | JEFF MCMILLAN | JEROEN CREMERS | JOE HESKETH | JOHN SMITH | KATE BLAND | KEELER TORNERO | LAURE PROUVOST | LYNETTE WALLWORTH | MANDEE GAGE | MARIA ELVIRA DIEPPA | MARTHA PARSEY | MARTIN SEXTON | NICK CURTIS | NICOLE FROBUSH | OLIVER ABRAHAM | Olaoluwa Akeredolu | PASCAL ROUSSON | PAUL CARTER | PAUL SAkOilSKY | REBECCA SCOTT |  SHANE BRADFORD | SIMON LIDDIMENT | STACIE MCCORMICK | STEPHEN HARWOOD | TISNA WESTERHOF | TOM HUNTER | VICKY WRIGHT

mochillas

made by kogi women

Now available to buy here

Explanation of the archetypal fabric:

Our spiral galaxy, common home The Milky Way engenders in its movement two forces, one centripetal of concentration, of a feminine nature and another centrifugal, expansive, of a masculine nature that intertwine in a spiral thread, present in the orbit of the stars to the smallest atoms and energy particles, this structure is the same as the fabric of the backpack.

Kogi woman making a bag

When everything was dark
Jaba (mother) Malkua (The Spider)
“He wove with invisible threads the web that would sustain all creation.”
Kogi myth of the creation of the world.

For The Kogis, everything that exists is connected by an invisible network woven with threads existing in a dimension that they call Aluna or spirit, thought.
Through the weaving of backpacks, Kogi women connect with Jaba Malkua to receive good advice, wisdom and strength to order and harmonize relationships in their family and community environment.

In each stitch of the fabric they deposit positive and loving thoughts and emotions.

The structure of the tissue is an archetype similar to the movement of energy in our galaxy, made up of a triple spiral present in the material micro and macrocosm.
The backpacks are made of Fique fiber (agave species), dyed with natural colors extracted from leaves, fruits and tree bark.

Men use two backpacks, one of cotton (Zugamé), for the things of God and another of fique (Gamá) for the things of the world. The women wear white fique backpacks.

Preparation of the thread with fibers

THE AUCTION HAS NOW ENDED

big thanks to everybody who has been involved in this project.
especially to all artists for their artworks, to all buyers and to all the donations / support we recieved during these few months.

 

We are very pleased with the amount we received, which will allow us to build this vital footpath bridge in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta.

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We will keep you updated with the latest developments on the Jàka Project here and on instagram.

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The Donations are still open.
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