Oscar Santillán's First Solo Show in Naples Explores Quipu and Postcolonial Thought

Oscar Santillán's first solo exhibition in Naples, 'A Breathing Mountain,' opened at Galleria Tiziana Di Caro. Curated by Alessandra Troncone, the show centers on the quipu, an ancient Andean knot system used for record-keeping, which Santillán reinterprets as a symbol of non-Western knowledge and postcolonial critique. The exhibition features works such as 'Antibeing (0A)' (2021), a lightbox print; 'Codex (A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History)' (2021), an installation of re-woven historical fabrics; and 'The Andean Information Age' (2021), a video installation that parallels past and present technologies. Santillán's concept of 'antimundo' (anti-world) frames elements outside dominant Western reality. The show also references Naples via the 'Lettera apologetica' by the Prince of Sansevero, which discusses Inca communication systems. The gallery's lighting was altered with warm apricot-colored film to create a timeless atmosphere. A book co-authored by Santillán and Troncone, 'The Andean Information Age,' was published in 2020 by BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE.