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Blanket made by Mexican artist Rosa Borrás for the “Navigating Risk, Managing Security and Receiving Support” project at York University. The blanket was made from pieces of fabric donated by human rights activists. Verses of poems written by Juliana Mensah were embroidered onto it.
Credits: Alice Nah.
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The inscriptions on the blanket read as follows: “Putas y lesbianas porque nos da la gana” (Sluts and lesbians because we feel like it) and “Sometimes you put your life at risk because you believe that no one should have to remain quiet”.
Credits: Alice Nah.
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The inscription on the blanket says: “If we give in to risk, we cannot accomplish anything”.
Credits: Alice Nah.
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The writing on the blaket says: “Hope always” and “Ayotzinapa” (the place where the Iguala massacre occurred on September 26, 2014, marked by the disappearance of 43 students).
Credits: Alice Nah.
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To make the blanket, Rosa Borrás used square modules of different fabrics to which she sewed pieces or scraps of fabric and on which she embroidered the poems. She used a sewing machine to join all the pieces together.
Credits: Alice Nah.
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Bordadoras de Coyhaique
(The embroiderers from Coyhaique)
Arpillera of the memory, which reminds us that during the dictatorship, the 2nd Police Station of Puerto Aysén was a place of execution and torture. Since the return to democracy, it has been associated with human rights violations.
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Bordadoras de Coyhaique
(The embroiderers from Coyhaique)
Arpillera "Nuestras cuerpas, primer territorio de lucha" (Our bodies, first territory of struggle), embroidered in Coyhaique, 2018.
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Bordadoras de Coyhaique
(The embroiderers from Coyhaique)
People embroidering collectively in Puerto Cisnes, a meeting organised by the youth of this community, which was facing the threat of extractivist projects, in the summer of 2017.
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Bordadoras de Coyhaique
(The embroiderers from Coyhaique)
Arpillera in defence of the Cisnes River.
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Bordadoras en resistencia
(Embroiderers in resistance)
Chilean embroiderer at the “Women in Resistance” workshop held at the Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral (GAM cultural centre), February 2020.
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Bordadoras en resistencia
(Embroiderers in resistance)
Group of embroiderers displaying their arpilleras at the end of the “Women in Resistance” workshop at the Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral (GAM cultural centre), February 2020.
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Bordadoras en resistencia
(Embroiderers in resistance)
Part of the embroidery on the “Embroiderers in Resistance” banner.
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Bordadoras en resistencia
(Embroiderers in resistance)
Embroiderers carrying the “Embroiderers in Resistance” banner during the women’s march on March 8, 2020 in Santiago de Chile.
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Before: one of the houses that participated in the Wall Paintings project, in Jardim Santo André (2008).
Credit: Jerônimo Vilhena.
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After: one of the houses that participated in the Wall Paintings project, in Jardim Santo André (2008).
Credit: Jerônimo Vilhena.
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Fabric from the Raising Flags installation printed with the faces of Marielle Franco and Nise da Silveira, among others. The flags were part of the 21st Contemporary Art Biennale Sesc_Videobrasil, at Sesc 24 de Maio (2019).
Credit: Everton Ballardin.
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Fabric panel developed in partnership between JAMAC and the Extramuros project of the Center for Educational Action of the Pinacoteca Museum, as part of the Somos Muitxs (2019) exhibition. The prints were created in drawing and wood engraving workshops by people who live on the streets and in shelters who participate in social projects located around the museum.
The images were then transferred to the fabric by the staff at JAMAC using the stencil technique and sewn by Carol Elizabeth R. Martínez (@victoriaconfeccoes), from Chile, who collaborated on the project.
Credit: Renato Barreto.
