A year ago my father committed suicide. Since then, I've felt the need to do things for him: to preserve him, embrace him, support him. Through archival images modified with thread, I seek to tell his story, wich is also mine
This is a project that began as a documentary but has gradually become personal. It tells the story of Deysi, a 36-year-old Aymara woman who represents the intersection of the Western world and the Andean worldview of indigenous Latin American peoples.
This ongoing project is a new vision of what being indigenous in Chile means. Deysi is an aymara young woman who lives in between the city of Alto Hospicio and a a field located 5000 mt above the sea level, near the border with Bolivia.