Event Details
Students at the Pottery College/Escuela de Cerámica taking part in an arpillera workshop, as part of a programme of activities linked to the exhibition: 'RETAZOS TESTIMONIALES: arpilleras de Chile y otras latitudes', (Photo: Liliana Adragna) |
| Exhibition and associated activities: | RETAZOS TESTIMONIALES: arpilleras de Chile y otras latitudes/TESTIMONIAL SCRAPS: arpilleras from Chile and other parts of the world |
| Description: | This exhibition features 73 arpilleras from a wide variety of countries.
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Parque de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos
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| Commissioned by: | Parque de la Memoria, Argentina |
| Date(s): | 28th September 2013 - 10th November 2013 |
| Venue: | Parque de la Memoria Monumento a las víctimas del terrorismo de Estado
Av. Costanera Norte - Rafael Obligado 6745 (adyacente a Ciudad Universitaria), Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Facilitator: | Parque de la Memoria |
| Outcome: | As a result of the exhibition, an arpillera titled: 'Irene, Marta, Hilda, Patricia: Ahora y Siempre Presentes / Irene, Marta, Hilda, Patricia: Now and Always Present' was made by present day students attending the Pottery College/Escuela de Cerámic, as part of a human rights module. This arpillera remembers the four young female students, one of whom was pregnant, who disappeared without trace in 1977.
Almost 40 years later the college remembers these young women through this arpillera created The title phrase is testimony to the enduring legacy and presence of these young disappeared women.
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