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Cecilia Vicuña
Minga for the Sea

29 May—9 August 2026
Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway

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Minga for the Sea is an ambitious exhibition by the internationally acclaimed artist Cecilia Vicuña, developed specifically for Kunstnernes Hus. The project builds bridges between Indigenous groups in the southern and northern regions of the globe who stand at the frontline against resource extraction and pollution in their local marine environments. Through an exhibition centered on a large horizontal quipu, which incorporates elements from various local struggles, connections and solidarity are forged between South and North – in a shared defense of the sea, the foundation of all life on Earth.

Minga (Quechua): collective work for a shared purpose

Quipu (Quechua): knot; a pre-literate communication system developed in Andean regions, in which information was encoded in knots