Artists
Laura Huertas Millán
In the film La Libertad, Laura Huertas Millán presents a collective portrait of a matriarchal family of Navarro weavers, giving restorative attention to Indigenous knowledge and practices. The work ties together diverse communities and ecologies around handicrafts, exploring how they express and reimagine the concept of freedom. Journey to a land otherwise known concerns the notion of exoticism as defined by scientific colonization. Huertas Millán criticizes the political constructions of ethnographic knowledge, whose foundations lie partly in botanical expeditions. Evoking a coexistence between nature and human beings, but also among different cultures, and suggesting that this coexistence could temporarily free discourses from the conventions that dominate them, the film deals with the feminine metaphorically, through notions of control, occupation, and possession.
Exhibited work(s):
La Libertad (2017)
Journey to a land otherwise known (2011)
- Born
- 1983, Bogotá, Colombia
- Countries / Nations
- Colombia / France
- Lives
- Paris, France / Bogotá, Colombia
- Website
- laurahuertasmillan.com
Works

Laura Huertas Millán
La Libertad
2019
Exhibition view, Dazibao, Montréal
Photo credit: Photo credit: Jean-Michael Seminaro
© MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain and Dazibao.

Laura Huertas Millán
Journey to a land otherwise known
2011
HD video, colour, sound, 23 min
Music: Laura Huertas Millán, Simon Lebel, and Nicolas Verhaeghe
© Laura Huertas Millán and Le Fresnoy (Tourcoing)

Laura Huertas Millán
La Libertad
2017
HD video, colour, sound, 29 min 50 s
© Laura Huertas Millán