Event Details
The Body Wisdom Group of Echo Echo Dance Theatre
Company dancing the 'Cueca Sola' against the backdrop of arpilleras, accompanied by Chilean musician Victor Henriquez on guitar. (Photo: Elsie Doolan) |
| Exhibition and associated activities: | Embracing Human Rights: Conflict Textiles’ Journey |
| Description: | This exhibition marks 12 years of Conflict Textiles exhibitions and associated activities in a variety of local and international venues. Conflict and human rights abuses, explored through the tactile medium of textiles have remained a central theme in all of these events.
The collaboration with Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre and Museum Service Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council (CCGBC) has its roots in a two-phase exhibition "Stitching and Unstitching the Troubles", (SUTT) 2012-2013 (Northern Ireland Community Archive), which culminated in SUTT II: Exploring Responses to Conflict Through Textile Art, 2013-2014. This was followed in 2016 with Stitched Legacies of Conflicts and, more recently in 2018 War-Torn Children.
“Embracing Human Rights: Conflict Textiles' journey” incorporates textiles from a variety of jurisdictions, created in different decades, which connect to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and which address two key questions:
1. What is the impact of, and response to, human rights violations?
2. How can we embed a culture of human rights?
The exhibition spans a five-month period, beginning with a small selection of textiles and memorabilia in the Ritter Gallery, 9th January, 2020. The full exhibition, occupying all the RVACC exhibition galleries, commences with the official launch at 2pm on Saturday 7th March, and extends to 16th May 2020. Throughout the entire exhibition period there will be a range of associated activities (p2), which will allow participants to engage with the central exhibition questions.
Exhibition launch photos (RVACC)
A number of associated activities have been postponed due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. In light of this the exhibition can now be viewed online at Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre. This page also features suggested activities for children, which will be added to on a weekly basis. |
| Commissioned by: | Conflict Textiles |
| Date(s): | 9th January 2020 - 16th May 2020 |
| Venue: | Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Limavady, Northern Ireland
Roe Valley Arts and Heritage Centre, 24 Main Street Limavady, Northern Ireland. BT49 0FJ |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic and Breege Doherty |
| Facilitator: | Desima Connolly & Esther Alleyne, CCGBC |
| Outcome: | |
| Documents: |
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) - view
• UDHR (Illustrated version) - view
• Textile list: RVACC, 2020 - view
• (ARTE, Dec 2019), UDHR poster. - view
• Exhibition poster: RVACC, Jan 2020 - view
• Exhibition catalogue: RVACC, Jan 2020 - view
• RVACC programme Jan-Mar 2020 (see p11-12) - view
• RVACC programme: Exhibition p11 - 12 - view
• Exhibition launch invitation, 7th Mar 2020 - view
• Textile captions linked to UDHR articles - view
• Exhibition bookmark: RVACC, Mar 2020 - view
• Exhibition flyer: RVACC, Mar 2020 - view
• Exhibition poster: RVACC, Mar 2020 - view
• Photo gallery: Exhibition launch, 7 Mar. 2020 - view
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