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focusing on facial features. Velarde further describes in a 1996 interview that “if it's true that spirits exist, some of those millions of people might inhabit these sculptures. They are like a summoning of those ancestors I don't know, whose languages I don't speak”. Per Ivor Miller, traditional methods of ceramics, such as unglazed sculptures, are incorporated into this series, purposely showing a disconnection to
Western methods. Velarde's work is influenced by what she explains in the 1996 interview as Indigenous aesthetics. Indigenous aesthetics are portrayed after colonization occurred and Indians in Peru were forced to wear Spanish style clothes. Over time, Indians had altered the Spanish clothing to fit their own Indigenous aesthetics showing the resilience of Indigenous peoples and how they were able to preserve parts of their culture. The series also includes short performances and installations, the former of which includes Velarde utilizing her ceramics and herself to show a story of colonization in Peruvian history.
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