Ars Electronica Festival · 2020
khipu / Electrotextile Prehispanic Computer
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2020
In 2020, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “khipu / Electrotextile Prehispanic Computer” by Constanza Piña Pardo (Interactive Art) with a Honorary Mention.
The Inca khipu are textile prehispanic devices for recording information, made of cotton or camelid fiber strings that store data coded as knots. The khipu are considered prehispanic ecological computers.
About Constanza Piña Pardo
Constanza Pi ña Pardo (CL) is a visual artist, dancer, and researcher, focused on electronic experimentation, free technologies, and social practices. Her work reflects on the role of machines in our culture, criticizing capitalism and the techno-patriarchy…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.