Saqrachai (Little Mischievous Thoughts) from kqa Watch Video
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Description: As a Peruvian/Quechuan and Polish person, my mixed identities have been difficult to exist with. I used a traditional folk mask from Péru depicting a creature called a saqra (sa-kqa-ra pronouncing the kq like trying to spit something in the back of the throat but softly). They are beings stuck between human and demon, and in a way stuck in identity purgatory. I decided to explore how saqras exist within mixed identities and how those internal conflicts might play out. Two sides argue about the
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