Reinterpretación visual escultórica contemporaneizada para una vigencia cultural de deidades ancestrales en el imaginario ecuatoriano

Abstract

Ecuador is a plurinational and intercultural country, possessing a wide and rich cultural and iconographic baggage, linked to mythology and ancestral traditions that enrich the symbolic imaginary of the country. This cultural and identity reality is notoriously affected by the current consolidation of global culture, which increasingly distances the common citizen from his original ties. In this context, we proposed to contribute to the cultural validity of Ecuadorian ancestral deities in the current symbolic imaginary, through a contemporary visual sculptural reinterpretation. The series, composed of five pieces made of plasticera (a material that guarantees technical updating), was generated after the iconographic and symbolic collection of pre-Columbian sculptures and oral and written narrations of four Ecuadorian cultures (Cañari, Manteña, Shuar and Kichwa) that have women as main figures. Thus, their primordial role within the communities is highlighted. The feminine is highlighted while stimulating a new canon based on a process of visual stylization. The aesthetic experience promotes an awakening to the reality of the visual and symbolic richness of the country, as well as an iconographic and stylistic renewal through a work that is more creative than reproductive, deeply hedonistic and beautiful, showing culture as a continuous and rich process, as obliged to adaptability as to historical resistance.