Indira Mateta is an Angolan photographer, born and raised in Luanda where she still lives and develops her work. A photographer engaged in contributing to her personal discovery as an individual, woman, black, African, but also aims to facilitate the same process of discovery in the other.
Artwork title: Mam’ Etu Kianda
Medium: Photography and installation with sound
Description: An installation recreating the offering scenarios present in the ritual dedicated to Kianda (the Water Goddess). An audio accompanies the installation with sound elements from the rituals. The photographic images follow the daylight and sunset outdoor locations where Kianda rituals used to take place and also indoor spaces where the rituals used to be prepared back in the day. In earlier times, Kianda was highly respected and worshipped in Luanda, a practice that’s now discontinued. The artist intends to look at layers of questions, feelings, stories and memories. She wants to perceive connections, to absorb information, to allow herself to be part of this, since, as a Luanda citizen, she is also Kianda’s daughter.