Xingú Entangled

Xingú Entangled is an interactive video exhibit documenting material practices and knowledges from the indigenous communities of the Upper Xingú. By weaving objects, places, events, organisms, and spiritual actors into non-linear narratives and data structures, Xingú Entangled surfaces their complex interrelations. By emphasising boundary objects over physical artefacts, it bridges disciplinary domains and effectively communicates manifold perspectives. The interactive capacity of the two-channel installation invites visitors to explore the possibilities of user-guided navigation along the data relations and video clips, while also offering situated storytelling with voices and perspectives from the Xingú community.

The display is the first case study of the Amazonia Future Lab aimed at illustrating the potential for collaboration between academia, design practice, and indigenous knowledge. The lab is a collaboration between indigenous communities from the Upper Xingú and the Rio Negro, the SPK (Ethnological Museum Berlin, IAI, IfM), the Botanical Garden Berlin, the Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro, and the Urban Complexity Lab (FH Potsdam).