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Yanomami, spirit of the forest: Fondation Cartier - Paris - anthropologists, artists and shamans conceive art works for show - Brief Article
ArtForum, May, 2003 by Daniel Pinchbeck
It is difficult to imagine two less likely bedfellows than Cartier (the French jewelers) and the Yanomami (hunter-gatherers from Brazil), despite their shared interest in personal adornment. For the foundation's next show, a group of artists including Tony Oursler and Gary Hill was sent to the Amazon to live and conceive art projects with the tribe, whose previous encounters with white Europeans have not always worked to the Indians' advantage.
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In this case the foreign visitors found inspiration in shamanic practices while the Yanomami received satellite mapping of their forest preserve. Conceived by anthropologist Bruce Albert and Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa, this one-hundred-plus-work show could be a trendsetter, as indigenous shamanism becomes the next yoga. May 14-Oct. 12.
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