| Description: | Created in the second half of the dictatorship, this arpillera portrays daily life in this bustling community. Though the people are still poor and can only source electricity by tapping into the main power supply, they are celebrating all the comings and goings of life. We see a wedding, a rodeo, children at play, a woman crying in front of her house, women undertaking household chores, baking empanadas in the park, gardening and people cultivating their food crops; all part of the fabric of life in this community, journeying forward with hope.
Since its creation, this arpillera has traversed continents; from Chile to Germany, then to Northern Ireland, for exhibition in "The Art of Survival: International and Irish Quilts", launched on International Women’s Day 2008. Since then it has inspired and challenged viewers in Brazil, Japan and Argentine. It revisited Derry in 2015 for "Arpillera Journeys", marking another stage in its epic journey. |
