Pochutec by celteca (2012)
Pochutec, 100cm × 100cm {This piece is currently framed at, 114cm x 114cm}
This piece draws inspiration from the now-extinct indigenous language of the same name, once spoken along the southern coast of Oaxaca. I was captivated by the fragmented yet resilient story of Pochutec — a language nearly lost to time, rediscovered through traces and echoes in early linguistic research. In particular, the work of Franz Boas, who collected invaluable fragments and notes, opened a window into a world barely remembered. Pochutec is both an homage to that hidden past and a meditation on what it means to lose — and sometimes recover — the threads of identity, voice, and place.
Pochutec, 100cm × 100cm {This piece is currently framed at, 114cm x 114cm}
This piece draws inspiration from the now-extinct indigenous language of the same name, once spoken along the southern coast of Oaxaca. I was captivated by the fragmented yet resilient story of Pochutec — a language nearly lost to time, rediscovered through traces and echoes in early linguistic research. In particular, the work of Franz Boas, who collected invaluable fragments and notes, opened a window into a world barely remembered. Pochutec is both an homage to that hidden past and a meditation on what it means to lose — and sometimes recover — the threads of identity, voice, and place.
Pochutec, 100cm × 100cm {This piece is currently framed at, 114cm x 114cm}
This piece draws inspiration from the now-extinct indigenous language of the same name, once spoken along the southern coast of Oaxaca. I was captivated by the fragmented yet resilient story of Pochutec — a language nearly lost to time, rediscovered through traces and echoes in early linguistic research. In particular, the work of Franz Boas, who collected invaluable fragments and notes, opened a window into a world barely remembered. Pochutec is both an homage to that hidden past and a meditation on what it means to lose — and sometimes recover — the threads of identity, voice, and place.