La gota madre: Revelación del río hablador

• Autor: Camargo Reyes, Camila Andrea
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2025
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: PUCP-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.pucp.edu.pe:20.500.14657/204980
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/croma/article/view/32232/28081; http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14657/204980; https://doi.org/10.18800/croma.202402.006
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Rimac river; Earth Beings; Ceramic filtration; Water recovery; Decolonial; Río Rímac; Seres tierra; Filtración cerámica; Recuperación del agua; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#6.04.01

Exploring Lima’s most polluted river, the Rímac, from its role in pre-Hispanic worldview to its current condition in the city, means immersing into its physical, symbolic and cultural deterioration. Along this journey, there emerges, like a revelation silenced by the metropolis: The Mother Drop, a proposal transformed into an installation project that seeks to restore the river as a being, reinforcing the bond between humans and “Earth Beings” (De la Cadena, 2015), a concept that recognizes the agency of natural entities. Through a ceramic filtration system, it proposes a methodological collaboration with the riverbed and natural elements to create a sustainable alternative for the river’s symbolic recovery; while at the same time inviting reflection on the act of purifying its waters towards the future.