Thursday, 28 March 2024

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Gillian Robinson & Roberta Bacic with  Rosina Doherty-Allan, Magee Campus Library Manager, at the installation of  Mexican arpilleras, which marks the start of the exhibition “Following the Footsteps of the Disappeared 2021”. (Photo: Conflict Textiles)

Gillian Robinson & Roberta Bacic with Rosina Doherty-Allan, Magee Campus Library Manager, at the installation of Mexican arpilleras, which marks the start of the exhibition “Following the Footsteps of the Disappeared 2021”. (Photo: Conflict Textiles)

 

Permanent rotating exhibition:Conflict Textiles collection: Magee Campus Library, Ulster University
Description: This rotation of textiles within Conflict Textiles permanent rotating exhibition at the Magee Campus Library marks the fourth installation since August 2020. The theme of the search for the disappeared is revisited, with particular reference to Mexico, as part of the exhibition Following the Footsteps of the Disappeared 2021 (Ulster Museum, Aug. – Dec. 2021)

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Ulster University Library Services

Details of the inaugural and subsequent exhibitions are available at Conflict Textiles collection: Magee Campus Library, Ulster University 25th August 2020 - 3rd December 2020
Commissioned by: Ulster University, Magee Campus
Date(s): 24th August 2021 - 4th November 2021
Venue: Magee Campus Library, Ulster University
Northland Road, Derry /Londonderry, BT48 7JL
Curator: Roberta Bacic assisted by Breege Doherty
Facilitator: Magee Campus Library Services
Outcome: This installation, as part of the wider exhibition Following the Footsteps of the Disappeared 2021 (Ulster Museum, Aug. – Dec. 2021), ensured that elements of the exhibition were accessible to Magee staff, students and members of the local community.




Documents: • Textile list & display image, Aug. 2021 - view
• Photo gallery of installation, Aug. 2021 - view