i am a temple forged from sun
an army of iron shimmers from its
golden rays off a white cross
lodged into the beating heart of an empire

displacement.

Jessica Kahn is a musician and educator of Jewish, Scottish, and Andean descent, and contributor to the Alternative Worlds Andean collection.

On "Different Folks" and Andean musical fusion

Here follows an interview with Alejandro Fernandez, an Aymara descendant and creator of improvised and progressive psychedelic folk music.

Heritage, music, and creative freedom

Rima(y) Raíz is a community collective created by and for the Andean/Andinx diaspora community of the United States.

Choclo y Chicha: a zine for (and from) the Andean Diaspora

Calling all Andean and Asian American folks! AltSalt is creating two multidisciplinary collections of work — and we want you to be a part of it.

Alternative Worlds: The Andes and Asian America

This is the first in a series of posts to highlight members of the AltSalt community. First up we have Shirley Man-Kin Leung, organizer behind the Asian American collection for Alternative Worlds.

"To Dream and Be Intentional" — Interview with Shirley Man-Kin Leung

This is because life itself is dynamic, a spiral — and you can see this play out even in history. Everything is always changing yet circling back on itself, evolving with similarities but transformed.

Andean Sacred Geometry

Offering resonance is an intentional practice used to cultivate deep listening and connection; we've adapted it for AltSalt.

What is Resonance?

Every year since my friend Bill committed suicide, his mother and I had exchanged Christmas cards. And I am one of those people who do holiday letters...

The Coming Out Ring

A short story about legacy, revolution, and obliquely, terraforming Mars. Also contains a dumpling recipe.

Within the Fold

In his first letter to Art, Charles writes on human nature, technology, and the 90s Disney film "Honey I Blew Up the Baby"

First Letter to Art - Human Nature, Technology, and Blown Up Babies

Called forth from the dreamers, healers, witches, womxn of our bloodline, we are the beginning of a new story,..

Becoming Our Own Prayer

I was right there with you in your mission statement, about feeling the dual exclusion from both Latinx and U.S. heritages. I've felt that so much growing up as a Peruvian in the United States, and I'm so glad that this organization exists 🙏I resonated so much with Marisol's poem, with the mixture of Spanish and English, and with the connection to your grandfather and thinking about future generations' connection to their heritage.I resonated with Elena's piece, when you spoke about going to Peru and the eagerness to fill a hole made of solitude.I was right there with Analisa in so many parts of her story, riding on the swerving bus with the sheer drop to the ocean, when you met your brother for the first time, and forgetting how to speak in any language.Super appreciate all that the contributors shared during both of your events. Congrats on this publication, looking forward to the next one 🙂

<a href="/artemiosans" target="_self">@Artemio Morales</a> thank you so much for your poetry of a mesaage! it's an honor to have pieces of myself living on this online community.

Everyone

United States

Bolivia

Peru

Ecuador

Zine

Poetry

Politics

Experimental

Perzine

Aymara

Quechua

Andes

English

Spanish

A few minutes

Listen to Analisa Freitas' oral history

Red, green, and yellow art with choclo and geometric iconography.

Cover of the author walking down a city sidewalk

A cover image with the text "Making AI Art Responsibly: A Field Guide", & a cute character at the summit of a mountain alongside a flag.

The background is the Colombian Flag with the Words "Colo-Mitolo-Gital" spanning each stripe. In the foreground is a floating back and a pair of red heels. In the top right, there is two buttons

Screenshot of webzine: two side-by-side portrait-orientation images of cityscapes, overlapped by a rectangle containing a recreated text message conversation, all against a white background.

Blue text on white background: "These are the things they took from us, They left us bare These are the things they couldn’t"

A group of people surrounding a frustrated girl trying to draw, they all seem to be looking at what she's doing.

The cover uses a retrofuturistic artist's rendering of a space colony from NASA's Ames Research Center.

A shovel and axe in the shape of an X, along with the publications title, the author's name Alda Yuan, and info including the publication year of 2021 and version 1.0

Cover of a book with the title in Spanish, "El Código de Wira Cocha: Simbolismo Milenario Andino" and ancient stone structures in the background

The title "Cultural Correspondence" along with the illustration of a hands holding uprooted plants and dirt

An abstract image of bubbles and dots and rays of sunshine in a blue and pink color palette

Title page "Andean Sky" with subtitle "The story of an immigrant his search for home"

Title page of Riveted in the Word, showing title and author name Warren Lehrer against a clouded sky

Title 'Dear Charles' over a man holding his heart in a meditative stance

Portrait of a child with night sky and plants in the background

New Media Literature

Game

Interactive Fiction

Twine

Webzine

Multimedia Storytelling

Website

Digital Comic

Tabletop Roleplaying Game

Book

Choose Your Own Adventure

Poem with pink graphic above and a picture of a mother with a baby.

Text with light blue graphic depicting a sister and brother hugging.

A Modern Ghost

Choclo y Chicha Vol. 1

SoftwareApplication

Reflections at Sunset

See Sandy

Surviving and Diving

The Life is a Freestyle Quaranzine

Quechualish: An Indigenous Language Zine

Making AI Art Responsibly: A Field Guide

Colo-Mítolo-Gítal

shortly, briefly

Letter to Miguel, from “These Are the Things”

Cat Scratch Fever vol. 1

Different Nourishment: Exordium

Pumasi: A Lasers & Feelings Hack

Mosqhoq (Dreamer/Soñadora)

With a Lever: The DIY Guide to Institutional Change for Racial Equity

El Código de Wira Cocha: Simbolismo Milenario Andino

Alt Worlds Collab

Cultural Correspondence

Andean Futurist Manifesto

Andean Sky

Riveted in the Word

(Dear Charles #3) Thinking, Feeling, Creating

Rooombra to the Rescue

Huancavilca

Kichwa

Latinx

Indigenous

First Generation

Andinx

Ancashina

SGI Buddhist

The theme of Choclo y Chicha Vol. 2 is ​family portraits​. Our goal was to inspire our communities to re-explore and revisit their family histories, as demonstrated through pictures, while we sheltered-in-place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We asked that all submissions include two pictures (one from the past and one from the present) and an accompanying text to draw connections between the two. Folks were invited to submit their pictures and text however they wished, whether as separate pieces or as collages or other works of art. In this section we feature pieces such as excerpts from the incredible oral history of Analisa Freitas and a beautiful poem by Marisol Silva, “when I make chicha morada and play your huaynos full blast, and I carry a backpack on the 7 train from Queens to Brooklyn brimming with jars of aji panca, aji amarillos, rocotos, I hold onto Ayni when I can’t remember words in any language, I hold onto Ayni, when I remember that who we are as a people is much too strong to ever be forgotten,” she writes. Additionally, inspired by our colectivo member Jamie San Andres’ call to action, we are excited to introduce a new section to our zine entitled ​Andean Political Reflections.​ When we first started dreaming up our zine series, we had no idea the state of the world we would be in. Since November 2019, we have seen unbearable violence and injustice across our diaspora, from the protests, uprisings, and government repression in Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, the U.S., and most recently, Peru, we know that it is important now more than ever to continue building spaces for solidarity, dialogue and discussion. Those of us Andeans living in the belly of the beast must find it our moral duty to take a stand in solidarity. This position is a principle that has guided our work since the beginning, and it is impossible to do cultural work without addressing the political. Hence, this section will be a space for community dialogue with our friends, compañerxs, partner organizations, and others to share their perspectives and reflections on important political and historical moments in the Andean diaspora. &nbsp;

Envisioning an alternative world

From the Community

Heritage, music, and creative freedom

On "Different Folks" and Andean musical fusion

displacement.

Becoming Our Own Prayer

First Letter to Art - Human Nature, Technology, and Blown Up Babies

Within the Fold

Andean Sacred Geometry

"To Dream and Be Intentional" — Interview with Shirley Man-Kin Leung

Alternative Worlds: The Andes and Asian America

The Coming Out Ring

What is Resonance?

Choclo y Chicha: a zine for (and from) the Andean Diaspora

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From the Community

Heritage, music, and creative freedom

On "Different Folks" and Andean musical fusion

displacement.

Becoming Our Own Prayer

First Letter to Art - Human Nature, Technology, and Blown Up Babies

Within the Fold

Andean Sacred Geometry

"To Dream and Be Intentional" — Interview with Shirley Man-Kin Leung

Alternative Worlds: The Andes and Asian America

The Coming Out Ring

What is Resonance?

Choclo y Chicha: a zine for (and from) the Andean Diaspora

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