| Description: | Through her research into the history of the indigenous Mapuche people in Southern Chile, Linda became aware of the repression and colonisation they have endured for over 500 years; initially by the Spanish settlers and later, the Chilean state. She cautions that, whilst the 81-day hunger strike in 2010 by 34 Mapuche peasants in defence of their land has ended, their issues are not resolved. Their land struggles and demanding restitution of their former lands is an ongoing issue. For them, living without land is in itself a denial of their identity, as Mapuche means People of the Land.
Her choice of materials is quite intentional. She states: "It's deliberately not recycled material as it's not showing events that have happened, it's a story that continues and may be changed. This is why this piece is left unfinished."
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