HYPERISM deals with the background of a flag brought to Chile in 1859 by a French nobleman named Orelie Antoine de Tounons. Tounon´s aimed to unite the Mapuche people in South America and to unite them into a kingdom. In his luggage, he had all the necessary utensils to realize his dream of his proper kingdom of "Araucania and Patagonia": a specially written constitution for a constitutional monarchy and a self-designed flag that would represent his future kingdom. 

This was the starting point for the HYPERISM project. The project represents a textile examination of the aesthetic language of Tounon's flag, which has remained unchanged since more than 150 years. 

"051-282-667", 2019, Photo by Anja Eilert, Halle, Germany

"00067-02-500", 2019  Photo by Florian Seidel, Munich

Honorable Mentions Award at KOGEI Award Toyama, Japan

"097-0495-001", 2019, Photo by Anja Eilert, Halle, Germany

"051-0001-799", Exhibition Photo by Constanza Camila, Halle, 2019, Germany

The result is a series of jacquard fabrics that use digital manipulation to deconstruct the original flag and question the original object, its aesthetics, and its function. The series of textiles where realized in a collaboration with weaving mill Tessitura Serrica Taborelli in Como/Italy and the historic Textile Museum "Textiles Zentrum" in Haslach/Upper Austria. 

„HYPERISM“, 2019

100% Polyester
approx. 210 x 145 cm

HYPERISM Exhibition Photo by Constanza Camila, Halle, 2019, Germany

"568-923-002", 2019  Photo by Florian Seidel, Munich

HYPERISM Video by Constanza Camila, Venetia Initiatives Maremma Residency, 2019, Italy, Music by John Adams: Wild Nights

"905-715-002", 2019,  Photo by Constanza Camila, Venetia Initiatives, Maremma Residency, Italy

"332-4095-001", 2019,  Photo by Constanza Camila, Venetia Initatives, Maremma Residency, Italy

"097-0495-001", 2019, Photo by Anja Eilert, Halle, Germany

"051-0001-799", 2019  Photo by Florian Seidel, Munich

HYPERISM Exhibition Photo by Annette Fröschl, Private Collectors Home, VENETIA Initiatives, Munich, 2019, Germany

"332-4095-001", 2019,  Photo by Constanza Camila, Maremma Residency, Italy