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Our Story
In 2015, a group of young people aspired to create a space for experimenting with audiovisual media and transfeminist struggles.
This dream began in Lima and evolved. In 2017, we established our feminist cultural house in Huancayo, known as La Munay. This marked a shift towards creating outside of Lima, and we continued our creative and rebellious processes in Huancayo and later in Ayacucho.
In 2020, Chola Contravisual found its path with Brunito, a key founder and creator of the collective. That same year, Chola relocated fully outside of Lima, and with Wen’s arrival, our Quechua spirit was reignited.
The Cholitas
Meet the team that makes this collective possible
Gerito/a (She/They/He)
Creative Director and General Production
From a young age, I have been deeply involved in cultural and artistic pursuits, working alongside my mother and her musical project “El duo las Salcabambinitas” and co-founding Chola Contravisual. With over a decade of experience advocating for human rights, I have passionately envisioned and coordinated various creative projects. As an artivist, I have used film to amplify important messages about land rights, ancestral connections, and the defense of TTTLGBIA+ rights. I am dedicated to weaving networks, fostering alliances, and promoting spiritual and collective care. Additionally, I am excited to release soon my first feature-length documentary, "Flor Pucarina, Rebelde Hasta Los Huesos."
From a young age, I have been deeply involved in cultural and artistic pursuits, working alongside my mother and her musical project “El duo las Salcabambinitas” and co-founding Chola Contravisual. With over a decade of experience advocating for human rights, I have passionately envisioned and coordinated various creative projects. As an artivist, I have used film to amplify important messages about land rights, ancestral connections, and the defense of TTTLGBIA+ rights. I am dedicated to weaving networks, fostering alliances, and promoting spiritual and collective care. Additionally, I am excited to release soon my first feature-length documentary, "Flor Pucarina, Rebelde Hasta Los Huesos."
Wen (She/Her)
Audiovisual creation and cultural management
Audiovisual creator and Ayacucho anthropologist, cultural manager based on the community, working from the care and respect for existences in their diversity, believing that life can be sustained through the arts and rebellion against colonialism, feeling music as a space of resistance for our peoples and territories. Being a countervisual cholita since 2020, coordinating and co-creating spaces for meetings, screenings, cultural events, and making short films linked and connected with the Andean and native communities, she also does audiovisual montage and editing, sound and camera. I love attending the various festivities of our peoples and making sound recordings of the songs and music, also recording the subtle things that happen in the daily life of the day to day and playing my guitar and charanguito.
Audiovisual creator and Ayacucho anthropologist, cultural manager based on the community, working from the care and respect for existences in their diversity, believing that life can be sustained through the arts and rebellion against colonialism, feeling music as a space of resistance for our peoples and territories. Being a countervisual cholita since 2020, coordinating and co-creating spaces for meetings, screenings, cultural events, and making short films linked and connected with the Andean and native communities, she also does audiovisual montage and editing, sound and camera. I love attending the various festivities of our peoples and making sound recordings of the songs and music, also recording the subtle things that happen in the daily life of the day to day and playing my guitar and charanguito.
Eri (They/Them)
Community manager, web designer and tech-lover.
I live in Lima and my blood is from Canteño, Tarmeño and Chincha, because those are the origins of my grandparents. I practice Nichiren Buddhism, but I also ritualize from other spiritual worlds such as the Andean worldview, Hinduism, among others. I am pansexual, non-binary gender, sometimes an animal and other times I do not exist because I am in the future. I was in Chola Contravisual from the beginning, recording, editing and designing. Currently, I am in charge of social networks and the web. I have a very strong connection with technology, visuals and sound.
I live in Lima and my blood is from Canteño, Tarmeño and Chincha, because those are the origins of my grandparents. I practice Nichiren Buddhism, but I also ritualize from other spiritual worlds such as the Andean worldview, Hinduism, among others. I am pansexual, non-binary gender, sometimes an animal and other times I do not exist because I am in the future. I was in Chola Contravisual from the beginning, recording, editing and designing. Currently, I am in charge of social networks and the web. I have a very strong connection with technology, visuals and sound.
Neu (She/Her)
Visual creator and cultural manager
A visual creator from Ayacucho, I use the pencil to capture the vision from the territories I inhabit and the languages that contain their wisdom.
A trained visual artist and graphic designer, curious about engraving techniques and an illustrator with a pure plant-based heart. Artivist and accomplice in actions in favor of human rights.
A visual creator from Ayacucho, I use the pencil to capture the vision from the territories I inhabit and the languages that contain their wisdom.
A trained visual artist and graphic designer, curious about engraving techniques and an illustrator with a pure plant-based heart. Artivist and accomplice in actions in favor of human rights.
Collaborators
We are grateful to everyone who joined Chola with their tenderness and creativity. We are now in Huancayo and Ayacucho, co-creating autonomously. Our dream is to expand to Huancavelica.
Nekowave Studio
At Nekowave Studio, we make the digital world accessible for entrepreneurs and small businesses. We handle creating functional websites and managing social media in a simple way, so our clients can focus on growing and connecting with their audience.
Joseph D.A
A self-taught independent photographer, Joseph has dedicated himself to documenting various aspects of urban life, from protests to the people inhabiting the city. He also captures the essence of semi-underground concerts in the City of the Dead. His focus is on capturing fleeting moments, as for him, the present is a 3-second blink, and what follows is just memory.
L. Emperatriz Placido San Martín
Tattoo artist, visual artist, writer, book editor, and teacher, Emperatriz lives in grey Lima. Her work spans various artistic and educational disciplines, strongly focusing on creativity and personal expression in her visual and literary work.
Jesús Sosa Lozada Inin Soi
As a spiritual companion and co-manager of the SAMAKUY project, Jesús is dedicated to processes of sensory and spiritual regeneration within the collective. He is a medium, artist, spiritual guide, healer, and community educator. His work seeks to support others in their healing and reconnection with their internal and spiritual senses.
MUTAR TALLER
Located in Valparaíso, Chile, MUTAR TALLER is dedicated to audiovisual, graphic, and textile creation. With a focus on sensitive experimentation, the studio seeks new ways to explore creativity and expression through interdisciplinary artistic mediums.
Apolo
Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, and Colorist, Apolo is a Quechua-Ayacuchan filmmaker whose work focuses on questioning social, cultural, and environmental issues. He draws on Andean principles of reciprocity such as Ayllu, Ayni, and Yanantin, seeking to reflect these values in his audiovisual and cinematic projects.
Merce
Co-manager and weaver of the SAMAKUY project, Merce is a Quechua-descendant butch born in Cusco. They identify as a community healer, emotional support provider, psychologist, and anti-racist poet. Their work focuses on emotional healing and collective work, always with a critical perspective that honors their Andean roots.
Esthefania Rodríguez
Part of the research and creation team for the LlaqtaYmi UkuyPi Rawran project, Esthefania is a communicator, content creator, multifaceted artist, and anti-racist feminist. She lives in Huancayo and focuses on the fight against social inequalities through the production of critical and engaged content.
Antiturista
Known as La Antiturista, Fiorella is an enthusiast of audiovisual arts, music, dance, and anthropology. Her work spans Lima and southern Ayacucho, and she is currently participating in the LlaqtaYmi UkuyPi Rawran project, where she researches and creates around Andean culture and arts.
Kokakintu
Dedicated to graphic creation, Kokakintu uses their art to explore and communicate various social and cultural themes. Their visual style reflects a commitment to graphic art as a medium of expression and resistance.
ESTUDIO NÓMADES
Based in Huancayo, Peru, ESTUDIO NÓMADES is dedicated to audiovisual creation, sound design, and music composition. Their creative approach spans various artistic areas, exploring the fusion of sounds and visual narratives for cultural and community projects.
Agatha
Co-manager and weaver of the SAMAKUY project, Agatha is an artist, witch, therapist, astrologer, and educator working from Lima, Peru. Their approach is deeply critical, moving away from traditional colonial narratives to propose new perspectives on healing, education, and art.
Mayra Killari
Co-manager of the SAMAKUY network.
Indigenous Moche Quechua woman, intercultural popular educator, hampiqamayuq (herbalist), territorial community feminist, ceremonial leader, and Andean smoke-bather. She is dedicated to researching and disseminating the Andean worldview to strengthen identity and recognize the wisdom of territories and peoples. She conducts meetings, workshops, and talks from an anticolonial, antipatriarchal, antiracist, and Andean perspective. She facilitates healing spaces and spiritual connections, supporting emotional and/or energetic processes. She is a prayer leader for the waters and the apukuna (spirits of the mountains), Chakaruna (bridge person).
Indigenous Moche Quechua woman, intercultural popular educator, hampiqamayuq (herbalist), territorial community feminist, ceremonial leader, and Andean smoke-bather. She is dedicated to researching and disseminating the Andean worldview to strengthen identity and recognize the wisdom of territories and peoples. She conducts meetings, workshops, and talks from an anticolonial, antipatriarchal, antiracist, and Andean perspective. She facilitates healing spaces and spiritual connections, supporting emotional and/or energetic processes. She is a prayer leader for the waters and the apukuna (spirits of the mountains), Chakaruna (bridge person).
Pukasisacha (Carmen Pilar Taipe Gómez)
Community ecofeminist Quechua from Huancavelica; audiovisual, performance, and oral activist for the defense of the rights of Andean women.
Nekowave Studio
At Nekowave Studio, we make the digital world accessible for entrepreneurs and small businesses. We handle creating functional websites and managing social media in a simple way, so our clients can focus on growing and connecting with their audience.
Joseph D.A
A self-taught independent photographer, Joseph has dedicated himself to documenting various aspects of urban life, from protests to the people inhabiting the city. He also captures the essence of semi-underground concerts in the City of the Dead. His focus is on capturing fleeting moments, as for him, the present is a 3-second blink, and what follows is just memory.
L. Emperatriz Placido San Martín
Tattoo artist, visual artist, writer, book editor, and teacher, Emperatriz lives in grey Lima. Her work spans various artistic and educational disciplines, strongly focusing on creativity and personal expression in her visual and literary work.
Jesús Sosa Lozada Inin Soi
As a spiritual companion and co-manager of the SAMAKUY project, Jesús is dedicated to processes of sensory and spiritual regeneration within the collective. He is a medium, artist, spiritual guide, healer, and community educator. His work seeks to support others in their healing and reconnection with their internal and spiritual senses.
MUTAR TALLER
Located in Valparaíso, Chile, MUTAR TALLER is dedicated to audiovisual, graphic, and textile creation. With a focus on sensitive experimentation, the studio seeks new ways to explore creativity and expression through interdisciplinary artistic mediums.
Apolo
Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, and Colorist, Apolo is a Quechua-Ayacuchan filmmaker whose work focuses on questioning social, cultural, and environmental issues. He draws on Andean principles of reciprocity such as Ayllu, Ayni, and Yanantin, seeking to reflect these values in his audiovisual and cinematic projects.
Merce
Co-manager and weaver of the SAMAKUY project, Merce is a Quechua-descendant butch born in Cusco. They identify as a community healer, emotional support provider, psychologist, and anti-racist poet. Their work focuses on emotional healing and collective work, always with a critical perspective that honors their Andean roots.
Esthefania Rodríguez
Part of the research and creation team for the LlaqtaYmi UkuyPi Rawran project, Esthefania is a communicator, content creator, multifaceted artist, and anti-racist feminist. She lives in Huancayo and focuses on the fight against social inequalities through the production of critical and engaged content.
Antiturista
Known as La Antiturista, Fiorella is an enthusiast of audiovisual arts, music, dance, and anthropology. Her work spans Lima and southern Ayacucho, and she is currently participating in the LlaqtaYmi UkuyPi Rawran project, where she researches and creates around Andean culture and arts.
Kokakintu
Dedicated to graphic creation, Kokakintu uses their art to explore and communicate various social and cultural themes. Their visual style reflects a commitment to graphic art as a medium of expression and resistance.
ESTUDIO NÓMADES
Based in Huancayo, Peru, ESTUDIO NÓMADES is dedicated to audiovisual creation, sound design, and music composition. Their creative approach spans various artistic areas, exploring the fusion of sounds and visual narratives for cultural and community projects.
Agatha
Co-manager and weaver of the SAMAKUY project, Agatha is an artist, witch, therapist, astrologer, and educator working from Lima, Peru. Their approach is deeply critical, moving away from traditional colonial narratives to propose new perspectives on healing, education, and art.
Mayra Killari
Co-manager of the SAMAKUY network.
Indigenous Moche Quechua woman, intercultural popular educator, hampiqamayuq (herbalist), territorial community feminist, ceremonial leader, and Andean smoke-bather. She is dedicated to researching and disseminating the Andean worldview to strengthen identity and recognize the wisdom of territories and peoples. She conducts meetings, workshops, and talks from an anticolonial, antipatriarchal, antiracist, and Andean perspective. She facilitates healing spaces and spiritual connections, supporting emotional and/or energetic processes. She is a prayer leader for the waters and the apukuna (spirits of the mountains), Chakaruna (bridge person).
Indigenous Moche Quechua woman, intercultural popular educator, hampiqamayuq (herbalist), territorial community feminist, ceremonial leader, and Andean smoke-bather. She is dedicated to researching and disseminating the Andean worldview to strengthen identity and recognize the wisdom of territories and peoples. She conducts meetings, workshops, and talks from an anticolonial, antipatriarchal, antiracist, and Andean perspective. She facilitates healing spaces and spiritual connections, supporting emotional and/or energetic processes. She is a prayer leader for the waters and the apukuna (spirits of the mountains), Chakaruna (bridge person).
Pukasisacha (Carmen Pilar Taipe Gómez)
Community ecofeminist Quechua from Huancavelica; audiovisual, performance, and oral activist for the defense of the rights of Andean women.
Nekowave Studio
At Nekowave Studio, we make the digital world accessible for entrepreneurs and small businesses. We handle creating functional websites and managing social media in a simple way, so our clients can focus on growing and connecting with their audience.
Joseph D.A
A self-taught independent photographer, Joseph has dedicated himself to documenting various aspects of urban life, from protests to the people inhabiting the city. He also captures the essence of semi-underground concerts in the City of the Dead. His focus is on capturing fleeting moments, as for him, the present is a 3-second blink, and what follows is just memory.
L. Emperatriz Placido San Martín
Tattoo artist, visual artist, writer, book editor, and teacher, Emperatriz lives in grey Lima. Her work spans various artistic and educational disciplines, strongly focusing on creativity and personal expression in her visual and literary work.
Jesús Sosa Lozada Inin Soi
As a spiritual companion and co-manager of the SAMAKUY project, Jesús is dedicated to processes of sensory and spiritual regeneration within the collective. He is a medium, artist, spiritual guide, healer, and community educator. His work seeks to support others in their healing and reconnection with their internal and spiritual senses.
MUTAR TALLER
Located in Valparaíso, Chile, MUTAR TALLER is dedicated to audiovisual, graphic, and textile creation. With a focus on sensitive experimentation, the studio seeks new ways to explore creativity and expression through interdisciplinary artistic mediums.
Apolo
Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, and Colorist, Apolo is a Quechua-Ayacuchan filmmaker whose work focuses on questioning social, cultural, and environmental issues. He draws on Andean principles of reciprocity such as Ayllu, Ayni, and Yanantin, seeking to reflect these values in his audiovisual and cinematic projects.
Merce
Co-manager and weaver of the SAMAKUY project, Merce is a Quechua-descendant butch born in Cusco. They identify as a community healer, emotional support provider, psychologist, and anti-racist poet. Their work focuses on emotional healing and collective work, always with a critical perspective that honors their Andean roots.
Esthefania Rodríguez
Part of the research and creation team for the LlaqtaYmi UkuyPi Rawran project, Esthefania is a communicator, content creator, multifaceted artist, and anti-racist feminist. She lives in Huancayo and focuses on the fight against social inequalities through the production of critical and engaged content.
Antiturista
Known as La Antiturista, Fiorella is an enthusiast of audiovisual arts, music, dance, and anthropology. Her work spans Lima and southern Ayacucho, and she is currently participating in the LlaqtaYmi UkuyPi Rawran project, where she researches and creates around Andean culture and arts.
Kokakintu
Dedicated to graphic creation, Kokakintu uses their art to explore and communicate various social and cultural themes. Their visual style reflects a commitment to graphic art as a medium of expression and resistance.
ESTUDIO NÓMADES
Based in Huancayo, Peru, ESTUDIO NÓMADES is dedicated to audiovisual creation, sound design, and music composition. Their creative approach spans various artistic areas, exploring the fusion of sounds and visual narratives for cultural and community projects.
Agatha
Co-manager and weaver of the SAMAKUY project, Agatha is an artist, witch, therapist, astrologer, and educator working from Lima, Peru. Their approach is deeply critical, moving away from traditional colonial narratives to propose new perspectives on healing, education, and art.
Mayra Killari
Co-manager of the SAMAKUY network.
Indigenous Moche Quechua woman, intercultural popular educator, hampiqamayuq (herbalist), territorial community feminist, ceremonial leader, and Andean smoke-bather. She is dedicated to researching and disseminating the Andean worldview to strengthen identity and recognize the wisdom of territories and peoples. She conducts meetings, workshops, and talks from an anticolonial, antipatriarchal, antiracist, and Andean perspective. She facilitates healing spaces and spiritual connections, supporting emotional and/or energetic processes. She is a prayer leader for the waters and the apukuna (spirits of the mountains), Chakaruna (bridge person).
Indigenous Moche Quechua woman, intercultural popular educator, hampiqamayuq (herbalist), territorial community feminist, ceremonial leader, and Andean smoke-bather. She is dedicated to researching and disseminating the Andean worldview to strengthen identity and recognize the wisdom of territories and peoples. She conducts meetings, workshops, and talks from an anticolonial, antipatriarchal, antiracist, and Andean perspective. She facilitates healing spaces and spiritual connections, supporting emotional and/or energetic processes. She is a prayer leader for the waters and the apukuna (spirits of the mountains), Chakaruna (bridge person).
Pukasisacha (Carmen Pilar Taipe Gómez)
Community ecofeminist Quechua from Huancavelica; audiovisual, performance, and oral activist for the defense of the rights of Andean women.
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