A Flora D_Água, UÝRA, 2017. Elementar Series. Photo: Katja Hoelldampf
09 July 2025
Magazine América Latina
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Flooded Memories
UÝRA work intertwines water, identity, and resistance to challenge environmental devastation and forced displacement.
Through photography, performance, and installation, in Memórias de alagamento (Flooded Memories) UÝRA explores water as a carrier of memory, resistance, and Indigenous identity—denouncing environmental destruction and forced displacement in both the Amazon and urban centers like Manaus and Bogotá.
Developed during a residency in Bogotá, the exhibition draws parallels between the buried San Francisco-Vicachá River and the silenced histories of the Muisca peoples. Structured in three movements—traversing, reflecting, and connecting—Memórias de alagamento invites viewers to see water as a link between geographies, memories, and multidimensional realities, while amplifying the voices of nature and communities that refuse to be erased. UÝRA's works reinterpret the relationship between body and territory by merging biology, indigenous ecology, and performance.
Memórias de alagamento was on view at the Museum of Modern Art (MAMBO) in Bogotá, Colombia, until June 1, 2025.
Museu de Arte Moderno de Bogotá
Calle 24 # 6-00, Bogotá, Colombia.
Visiting times: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sundays and Holidays: 12:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m
Installation view of Memórias de Alagamento by Uýra, at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá. Photo: Juan Yaruro. Courtesy of MAMBO.
Installation view of Memórias de Alagamento by Uýra, at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá. Photo: Juan Yaruro. Courtesy of MAMBO.
Installation view of Memórias de Alagamento by Uýra, at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá. Photo: Juan Yaruro. Courtesy of MAMBO.
Chaos, UÝRA, 2018. Mil Quase Mortos Series. Photo: Matheus Belém
Installation view of Memórias de Alagamento by Uýra, at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá. Photo: Juan Yaruro. Courtesy of MAMBO.
Installation view of Memórias de Alagamento by Uýra, at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá. Photo: Juan Yaruro. Courtesy of MAMBO.
Installation view of Memórias de Alagamento by Uýra, at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá. Photo: Juan Yaruro. Courtesy of MAMBO.
Installation view of Memórias de Alagamento by Uýra, at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá. Photo: Juan Yaruro. Courtesy of MAMBO.
Installation view of Memórias de Alagamento by Uýra, at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá. Photo: Juan Yaruro. Courtesy of MAMBO.
Traducción: Nicolás Gelormini
from
Installation View
36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travelers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice. Part II
2nd Bienal das Amazônias
36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travelers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice
from
Exhibition
Roots: Beginning, Middle, and Beginning
Veronica Ryan: Unruly Objects
