Helmhaus, Zürich
22.05.2025, 6.30 pm
Title: Me vuelvo un Guñelve
By: Marisa Cornejo
Curated by: Nathalie Killias and Cristiana Contu
Exhibition: Passato Presente
Venue: Helmhaus, Limmatquai 31, 8001 Zürich
Date: 22.05.2025, 6.30 pm
This performance by the artist Marisa Cornejo is based on a dream in
which she metamorphoses into a Guñelve. The Guñelve is an eight-
pointed star that symbolises the dawn. As the morning star, it is
generally associated with the planet Venus. It also plays an
important role in Mapuche culture. In Marisa Cornejo’s dream, her
own body has metamorphosed into a Guñelve, behind which several men
are gathering, among them her own grandfather. Dreams provide the
starting point for many works by this artist, who by transforming
dreams into art is able to visualise what has been suppressed and
record even deeply buried traumas.
