Francisco Huichaqueo

* 1977 in Valdivia, CL

11. Berlin Biennale

Wenu Pelon. Kuifi ül [Portal of Light. Ancient Sound], 2015/20
Video installation

Kultrün [Drum], no date
Wood, skin, leather, hair

Metawe [Clay jug], no date
Clay

Metawe [Vessel with handle], no date
Clay

Pifüllka [Flute], no date
Wood

All objects collection Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum

Ilwen. Entuadpeyüm [The Land Smells of Father], 2013–15
Super 8 transferred to HD, color, sound, 7'42"
Music: Tomás González
Camera: Francisco Huichaqueo, Jorge Manzano, Fernando Mendoza
Director of Photography: Jorge Manzano
Producer: Manuel Díaz Calfiú
Song: Héctor Mariano
Portrait: Andrés Melinao Montoya
Locations: Valdivia, Chiwaiwe, Los Muermos, CL

Adentu [Portraits], 2015
Super 8 transferred to HD, b/w, silent, 3'53"
Camera: Francisco Huichaqueo, Jorge Manzano
Director of Photography: Jorge Manzano
Producer: Manuel Díaz Calfiú
Portraits: Huenulef Melinao Montoya, Luis Melinao Melinao, Teresa Montoya Levinao
Location: Chiwaiwe, CL

Adentu [Portraits], 2015
Super 8 transferred to HD, b/w, silent, 5'15"
Camera Francisco Huichaqueo, Jorge Manzano
Director of Photography Jorge Manzano
Producer Jorge Manzano
Portraits José Collanao Cañiuqueo, María Collanao Millanao
Location Temulemu, CL

Daniel Melinao Melinao. Wente Wingkul Mapu ñi werken [Daniel Melinao Melinao, Works from the Wente Wilkun Mapu Community], 2015
Super 8 transferred to HD, b/w, sound, 5'47"
Camera: Francisco Huichaqueo, Jorge Manzano
Director of Photography Jorge Manzano
Producer Manuel Díaz Calfiú
Portrait Daniel Melinao Melinao
Location Wente Wilkún Mapu, Trayenco – Wallmapu, CL

Machi Silvia Kallfüman ñi pewma [The Dreams of Machi Silvia Kallfüman], 2015
Super 8 transferred to HD, color, sound, 7'38"
Camera: Francisco Huichaqueo, Jorge Manzano
Director of Photography: Jorge Manzano
Producer: Manuel Díaz Calfiú
Performer: Teresa Montoya Levinao
Location: Wente Wilkún Mapu, Trayenco – Wallmapu, CL

Kuifi ül [Ancient Sound], 2020
2K, color, sound, 10'
Camera and Photography: Francisco Huichaqueo
Producer: Rolando Carileo Nova
Performer: Alonso Chepo Calfio, Antonia Chepo Matuz, Catalina Alvarado Cañuta
Location: Malhuehue, Comunidad indígena Antonio Chepo, Loncoche Wallmapu, CL

Commissioned and coproduced by the 11th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art

All works courtesy Francisco Huichaqueo

With the support of Rectoria de Universidad de Conceptión, Directorate of Cultural Affairs (DIRAC) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile; Executive Secretary of Visual Arts and International Affairs Unit of the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage in collaboration with the Embassy of Chile in Germany