Iniguai presents Ancestors Reflections @ GAX Trailer HD

iniguai presents ANCESTORS REFLECTIONS curated by dåkot-ta alcantara-camacho GAX | Guam Art Exhibit on the second floor of the Agaña Shopping Center 6-10pm | Friday, September 4th Admission by donation of inafa’maolek For More Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1643640229217076/ Greeted by a sonic wall of ancient chants, Ancestors Reflections, is a groundbreaking ceremonial installation guiding the public through thresholds where ‘land meets urban realities’. Activated through chant, dance, spoken word, video installations, collectively built altars, reggae, folk, and hip hop music, the show offers healing prayers for our island, planet, and all living beings. Staged at Guam Art Exhibit (GAX) at Agaña Shopping Center for a one night only interactive sacred performance, Ancestors Reflections is the culmination of a two-month workshop collaboration with Sagan Koturran Chamoru and Our Islands Are Sacred. Curated by internationally based performance artist, facilitator, and cultural advocate, Dåkot-ta Alcantara-Camacho, a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, returns to Guahan to produce this work through Iniguai, an emerging artists collective of Guåhan-based artists, bringing integrated approaches towards contemporary cultural expression. “Ancestors Reflections questions how we might acknowledge our ancestors today, through collective embodiment of genealogy, values and responsibilities” says Alcantara-Camacho. The public are invited to participate in the value of inafa’maolek, by bringing a piece of their ancestor’s land — coconut, leaves, special rocks, branches, logs, flowers — and offerings of pugua’, pugas (uncooked rice), tinifok (woven goods), coconut, hard candies, ancestors portraits. Next, Alcantara-Camacho heads to Hawaii to perform a solo hip hop theatre work Guåhu Guåhan, before a journey to Aotearoa (New Zealand) to support internationally acclaimed Atamira Contemporary Dance Company’s new work Mitimiti empowering Chamoru approaches to international collaboration and cultural exchange. Iniguai artists and special guests include musicians Primitiva Muña, Eva Aguon Cruz, Guam Massive Sound, Mathew Sablan, Josh Dee (of Iyani) and Ian Catling; dance artists, Alethea Bordallo, Isla Rae, dåkot-ta alcantara-camacho; and poets Shannon Balannon, Moñeka De Oro, Joseph Certeza, Ryan Leon Guerrero, Willa the Mic Killa, and creative space-makers Talagi, Ramon Barcinas, Ann Lizama. Ancestors Reflections premieres for one night only GAX | Guam Art Exhibit on the second floor of the Agaña Shopping Center 6-10pm | Friday, September 4th Admission by donation of inafa’maolek For more information visit facebook.com/GuamArtExhibit or www.infinitedakota.com