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'Arpilleristas y cartoneros/ Arpillerista women and cardboard collectors', Anonymous. (Photo: Martin Melaugh)

'Arpilleristas y cartoneros/ Arpillerista women and cardboard collectors', Anonymous. (Photo: Martin Melaugh)

 

Exhibition and associated activities:Arpilleras: Voices on Tapestries
Description: This exhibition was held at the Chilean Embassy in London and featured 22 pieces. A preview event was held on 8 March and a private guided tour earlier that same day. Footage was taken at that event which was later included on a short film entitled 'Arpilleras that Cry Out' by Gustavo Neves.
Commissioned by: Embassy of Chile in London
Date(s): 8th March 2010 - 31st March 2010
Venue: Embassy of Chile, London
37-41 Old Queen Street London. SW1H 9JA
Curator: Roberta Bacic
Facilitator: Roberta Bacic
Outcome:




Documents: • Exhibition Invitation, March 2010 - view
• Exhibition Press Release, March 2010 - view
• Web link re exhibition, March 2010 - view
 




Textiles Displayed: • 100 Schritte Freiheit / 100 steps of freedom / 100 pasos de libertad
• Armonía entre la vida y el medio ambiente/Harmony between Life and Environment
• La Gente Necesita Trabajar / People Need Work
• Al Servicio de la vida / Servicing life
• Encadenamiento / Women chained to Parliament gates
• Tenemos que vivir bajo llaves / We have to live behind closed doors
• Panfleteando en el 1979 en Santiago / Leafleting in Santiago in 1979
• Paz - Justicia - Libertad / Peace - Justice - Freedom
• La Cueca Sola / Dancing Cueca Alone
• Homenaje a los caídos / Homage to the fallen ones
• Corte de agua / Water cut
• Arpilleristas y cartoneros / Arpillerista women and cardboard collectors
• Fin de semana en una población / Weekend in a población
• Volcán Osorno / Osorno Volcano
• Hogar Dulce Hogar / Home Sweet Home
• Violencia Doméstica / Domestic Violence
• Los precios están por las nubes / Prices are sky high
• Escuelita de Otavalo / Otavalo Primary School
• Cruce de Caminos / Crossing Pathways
• Our Allotments, the Pride of New Barns
• Life as We Know It
• Will there be poppies, daisies and apples when I grow up?
• The great Irish famine 1845 - 1852