Thursday, 21 November 2024
Textile
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'Paro de los estudiantes' chilenos/ Chilean students' strike', by Aurora Ortiz. (Photo: Martin Melaugh)
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| Title of Textile: | Paro de los estudiantes' chilenos / Chilean students' strike |
| Maker: | Aurora Ortiz |
| Country of Origin: | Chile |
| Year Produced: | 2011 |
| Size (cm): | 49cm (w) x 39cm (l) |
| Materials: | Scraps of material hand sewn onto burlap |
| Type of Textile: | Arpillera |
| Description: | This arpillera depicts the actions of the mass student movement in Chile, which in 2011 initiated a series of mass marches and creative actions demanding free education as well as reform of the neoliberal policies imposed by the rightwing government of Sebastiàn Piñera (2010 - 2014; 2018 - 2022). Over time, this focused movement with a set of concrete demands and solutions, developed strong links with workers unions and garnered widespread public support, both in Chile and abroad.
Student leader Camila Vallejos, who led the movement, became Minister General Secretariat of Government in March 2022. Current President of Chile, Gabriel Boric was also a prominent figure in the movement. |
| Owner: | Conflict Textiles collection |
| Location: | c/o Stephanie McLaughlin, Ulster University Library, Coleraine Campus |
| Original / Replica: | Original |
| Photographer: | Martin Melaugh |
| Provenance: | Commissioned by Conflict Textiles in 2011. (HM0724) |
| Textile exhibited at: |
Arpilleras Poéticas y recital del poeta chileno Jaime Huenún, 10/11/2012 - 15/12/2012
Arpilleras in contested spaces, 3/09/2013 - 6/09/2013
RETAZOS TESTIMONIALES: arpilleras de Chile y otras latitudes, 28/09/2013 - 10/11/2013
Mujeres que Hilvanan Días / Women that Sew Days Together, 5/03/2015 - 10/04/2015
Arpilleras de América Latina: Mujeres cosedoras de vida , 19/03/2016 - 24/04/2016
COSIENDO PAZ: Conflicto, Arpilleras, Memoria , 13/04/2016 - 12/06/2016
LA VIDA QUE SE TEJE Tejidos de América Latina por la memoria y la vida, 11/05/2016 - 10/07/2016
ARK / Conflict Textiles , 1/06/2023 - 6/03/2024
Conflict Textiles / Ulster University, Coleraine Campus, 24/04/2024 - 24/01/2025
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