artist + anthropologist = Atacama

By Yussef Agbo-Ola

artist + anthropologist = Atacama, volume 5. Embarking upon the fifth art + anthropology experiment, Yussef Agbo-Ola travelled throughout the desert, lagoons, caves, and communities of the Atacama Desert to study human ecology. This research investigated how humans connect with diverse natural environments. He aimed to visually depict a local architectural taxonomy, medicinal artefacts, sacred geology, market exchange, salt geometric formations and belief systems in the lives of local dwellers inhabiting its natural landscape. Applying an experimental approach to photographic journalism this archive of his journey is a frozen capsule of Chilean culture from an artistic + anthropological perspective. It shall serve as both a vista of cultural awareness, and a catalyst for discovery. Core Research Components = -Cave Houses + Indigenous Medicinal Beliefs, Architectural Tectonics + Mining Exploitation, Geometric Salt Formations + Mountain Choirs, Stone Geoglyphs + Atacame os Semiotics, Medicinal Botany + Agricultural Rituals.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1714696979
• ISBN13: 9781714696970
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Blurb
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.0" x 10.0"