{"id":570,"date":"2019-01-22T18:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artschap.com\/projects\/?p=570"},"modified":"2024-12-28T23:47:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T23:47:50","slug":"palo-santo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artschap.com\/projects\/palo-santo\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Santo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In search of Palo Santo – photo: Ingrid Pumayalla<\/h6>\n

Palo Santo\u00a0<\/em>is an organic art installation made during the course of Lent 2019, with UAL alumni Sophie Alston<\/a> & Ingrid Pumayalla<\/a>, working with UAL students Kemi Ajose and Anna Marsh, alongside the community and congregation of St Peter de Beauvoir Town<\/a> in Hackney. The title comes from Palo Santo,\u00a0<\/em>the name of a Peruvian tree that is considered to have mystical properties. The Spanish translation means \u2018holy stick\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Sophie working with Kemi and Anna \u2013 photo: Miriam Sedacca<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Sophie Alston and Ingrid Pumayalla have previously collaborated on Solace Project<\/em><\/a>, artworks co-produced by participants across two hospices and culminating in an installation in Central Saint Martins Windows Gallery. Solace at St Peter\u2019s: Palo Santo<\/em> is a further exploration of the consoling nature of making in a spiritual community setting.<\/p>\n

Ingrid Pumayalla\u2019s current relocation to her home country, Peru, created an unexpected opportunity to work in a trans-national way. While Sophie gathered sticks to weave new forms in a church in Hackney, Ingrid travelled in Trujillo in search of her own Palo Santo\u00a0<\/em>rituals. Ingrid\u2019s resulting video was screened at the launch event on 6 April, and can be viewed online here:<\/p>\n