Wednesday, 9 October 2024
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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: | Conflict Textiles store |
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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