Plastic Wiphala
Object Details
- Creator
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Views
- 10,809
- Video Title
- Plastic Wiphala
- Description
- Aymar Ccopacatty (Aymara), NMAI Artist Leadership Program (ALP) participant in 2012, tells his personal story of the environmental impact on Puno, Peru, of all-too-commonly discarded commercial plastic bags, and shows how picking them up, washing them, and using them to knit things can teach patience, share heritage, and open up new markets for Aymara and Quechua artisans. Aymar's Youth Public Art Project created a large knit-plastic Wiphala, the flag and symbol of Andean identity, to hang at the local bus terminal for all to see. His project brings environmental awareness while maintaining and celebrating traditional ways. Video directed and produced by Irma Alvarez and Aymar Ccopacatty, edited by Kelly L. Riley.
- Video Duration
- 5 min
- YouTube Keywords
- Native American Indian Museum Smithsonian "Indigenous Peoples" "Smithsonian Institution" "Smithsonian NMAI" "National Museum of the American Indian"
- Uploaded
- 2015-02-09T14:26:42.000Z
- Type
- YouTube Videos
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- SmithsonianNMAI
- National Museum of the American Indian
- YouTube Channel
- SmithsonianNMAI
- YouTube Category
- Education
- Topic
- Native Americans;American Indians
- Record ID
- yt_TbGHVKkKNRg
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