Las Awichas, 2024 © Violeta Ayala
Las Awichas immerses viewers in an interactive Augmented Reality (AR) installation where ancestral memories are reimagined through the lens of technology. Eight AI-generated grandmothers come to life through AR, each linked to their Andean animal spirit inspired by the Nazca lines. Las Awichas embodies Quechua's fluid concept of time and the deep bond between the living and non-living. It weaves lost narratives by bringing the past into the present where reality and illusion intertwine.
Violeta Ayala, a Bolivian-Australian Quechua filmmaker, artist and technologist. Co-founding unitednotions.film and koa.xyz, Violeta has been instrumental in driving innovative projects. In 2020, she became the first Quechua member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Currently, Violeta is working with character and metaverse creation through syntography, algorithmic art, and AI model training, pushing the boundaries of storytelling and artistic expression.