Cantus Ignotus

Abstract

Cantus Ignotus is a research project that has become an installative / participatory performance about the meaning of healing, exploring the notion of invisible wounds on bodies and territories through the perspectives of indigenous communities in Abya yala*. The body in movement, the journey and the tree as analogies of catharsis, cleansing, and relief within the transformative process of healing from a decolonial perspective invite us to reflect on the very possibility of relief. Thus, articulating reflections on rituality, song, collective memory and the re-signification of the sacred in contemporary contexts of shared vulnerability.