This multimedia exhibition communicates a vital ecological message from the indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, Colombia. Responding to threats posed by glacial melting, deforestation, and the construction of dams in sacred watersheds, spiritual authorities (Mamos) of the Sierra Nevada have developed powerful strategies of resistance, including the production of this work. This exhibition is the result of eight years of collaboration between the Zhigoneshi indigenous documentary team and photographer Stephen Ferry, whose association with the mountain's authorities began with a 2001 National Geographic assignment.

The exhibition includes documentary films, 36 photographs, text panels, maps, and presentations by spiritual authorities of the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta. "Tayrona: Territory, Culture and Climate Change" manifests resistance to environmental destruction and cultural violence, even as the dynamic collaboration between Stephen Ferry and the Zhigoneshi team explores cross-cultural documentary practice.

With "Tayrona:Territory, Culture and Climate Change," the Zhigoneshi team and Stephen Ferry invite an international audience to look at the Tayrona peoples' extraordinary relationship with their sacred mountain habitat, and to consider carefully their urgent message about global climate change.

If you are interested in hosting this exhibition in your space, please contact Andrew Ütt.

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