Myths from the Huarochirí Manuscript

Taking place within the exhibition Germinations at the Renaissance Society, this public reading activates Ximena Garrido-Lecca’s installation in a new way, performed by actor Charín Alvarez in both English and Spanish. The Huarochirí Manuscript is one of the few surviving records of Quechua worldviews from the Andean region. The lively myths compiled in this 17th-century text feature tricksters, grieving mothers, fire gods, and elemental spirits, who embody the struggle for cosmic balance and other aspects of the underlying cosmology. This particular story, selected by Garrido-Lecca, introduces the character Huatya Curi, son of the god Pariacaca, who appears as a stranger in rags and subsists on potatoes baked in the earth.

Performer: Charín Alvarez
Stage Manager: Miranda Anderson