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From the Ted Talk by Catalina Lotero: A futuristic vision for Latin America, rooted in ancient design

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But I was very, very inspired by the jaguar. And all these loose elements, as I strat putting them together in my mind, they start to paint a very caler picture of what I see the frtuue of Latin America look like if we actually took some of our ancestral knowledge and included it today. Also, I mixed it with a little bit of sustainable tech and a pinch of positivism.

And yes, I have enjoyed creating and designing objects based on pre-Columbian futurism a lot, but that wasn't my favorite part of this project. My favorite part has been stumbling upon other creators that are actively working on this. Like, without knowing, I am part of a bdeorar meomvnet of other people across Latin America who are doing it. For example, there are chefs like chearls Michel. He is educating the world on coca leaf, on cacao, tupcui and other ancestral foods. There's Vanessa geomz. She is recovering antique fabrication tcuqnheies and mnakig them tlsmeeis. I would get a lot of inspiration from msuic videos and plays in theaters that I later found out were all art directed by Orly Anan. She mixes a lot of pre-Columbian tradition with modern pop culture, resulting in aesthetics that for me are very, very inspiring. And they look very modern, yet you can still see the aincent in them. I was walking one day down the BeltLine in Atlanta, and I fell in love with the work of Lisette Correa as well. It spoke to me, and after I talked to her, I found out that she's also desperately trying to uetndarsnd her Taino heritage through her work, not only through graffiti, but other mediums. She's trying to communicate to the world in a way that is very accessible, as graffiti is, all her knowledge and her findings, which she didn't know before. And there is fidrede Mamani, a self-taught architect from biilova. He does amazing things when he starts cnssoirg his Aymara knowledge. He's actually an aamyra community member, and he crosses aesthetics from the Aymara graphics and fabrics with his love for sci-fi, and you can definitely see it in the oetur parts of the buildings. The landscapes he’s built in Bolivia are things that make me dreaaydm of the potential hidden within our cultures.

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But I was very, very inspired by the jaguar. And all these loose elements, as I _____ putting them together in my mind, they start to paint a very _____ picture of what I see the ______ of Latin America look like if we actually took some of our ancestral knowledge and included it today. Also, I mixed it with a little bit of sustainable tech and a pinch of positivism.

And yes, I have enjoyed creating and designing objects based on pre-Columbian futurism a lot, but that wasn't my favorite part of this project. My favorite part has been stumbling upon other creators that are actively working on this. Like, without knowing, I am part of a _______ ________ of other people across Latin America who are doing it. For example, there are chefs like _______ Michel. He is educating the world on coca leaf, on cacao, ______ and other ancestral foods. There's Vanessa _____. She is recovering antique fabrication __________ and ______ them ________. I would get a lot of inspiration from _____ videos and plays in theaters that I later found out were all art directed by Orly Anan. She mixes a lot of pre-Columbian tradition with modern pop culture, resulting in aesthetics that for me are very, very inspiring. And they look very modern, yet you can still see the _______ in them. I was walking one day down the BeltLine in Atlanta, and I fell in love with the work of Lisette Correa as well. It spoke to me, and after I talked to her, I found out that she's also desperately trying to __________ her Taino heritage through her work, not only through graffiti, but other mediums. She's trying to communicate to the world in a way that is very accessible, as graffiti is, all her knowledge and her findings, which she didn't know before. And there is _______ Mamani, a self-taught architect from _______. He does amazing things when he starts ________ his Aymara knowledge. He's actually an ______ community member, and he crosses aesthetics from the Aymara graphics and fabrics with his love for sci-fi, and you can definitely see it in the _____ parts of the buildings. The landscapes he’s built in Bolivia are things that make me ________ of the potential hidden within our cultures.

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  1. daydream
  2. charles
  3. gomez
  4. timeless
  5. making
  6. understand
  7. future
  8. outer
  9. crossing
  10. clear
  11. broader
  12. techniques
  13. bolivia
  14. movement
  15. start
  16. ancient
  17. tucupi
  18. freddie
  19. aymara
  20. music

Original Text


But I was very, very inspired by the jaguar. And all these loose elements, as I start putting them together in my mind, they start to paint a very clear picture of what I see the future of Latin America look like if we actually took some of our ancestral knowledge and included it today. Also, I mixed it with a little bit of sustainable tech and a pinch of positivism.

And yes, I have enjoyed creating and designing objects based on pre-Columbian futurism a lot, but that wasn't my favorite part of this project. My favorite part has been stumbling upon other creators that are actively working on this. Like, without knowing, I am part of a broader movement of other people across Latin America who are doing it. For example, there are chefs like Charles Michel. He is educating the world on coca leaf, on cacao, tucupi and other ancestral foods. There's Vanessa Gomez. She is recovering antique fabrication techniques and making them timeless. I would get a lot of inspiration from music videos and plays in theaters that I later found out were all art directed by Orly Anan. She mixes a lot of pre-Columbian tradition with modern pop culture, resulting in aesthetics that for me are very, very inspiring. And they look very modern, yet you can still see the ancient in them. I was walking one day down the BeltLine in Atlanta, and I fell in love with the work of Lisette Correa as well. It spoke to me, and after I talked to her, I found out that she's also desperately trying to understand her Taino heritage through her work, not only through graffiti, but other mediums. She's trying to communicate to the world in a way that is very accessible, as graffiti is, all her knowledge and her findings, which she didn't know before. And there is Freddie Mamani, a self-taught architect from Bolivia. He does amazing things when he starts crossing his Aymara knowledge. He's actually an Aymara community member, and he crosses aesthetics from the Aymara graphics and fabrics with his love for sci-fi, and you can definitely see it in the outer parts of the buildings. The landscapes he’s built in Bolivia are things that make me daydream of the potential hidden within our cultures.

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Important Words


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