Event Details
Arpilleras from the Conflict Textiles collection on display as part of the "Outbound ticket / Boleto de ida", exhibition at Gernika Peace Museum, April - September 2022. (Photo: Iratxe Momoitio) |
| Exhibition and associated activities: | Outbound ticket / Boleto de ida |
| Description: | The exhibition Boleto de ida, by illustrator Cecilia Zabaleta, invites us to navigate through the channels of a persistent and uprooted migrant memory, using a visual and artistic language that reinforces the connection between concepts such as migration, roots, searching, solidarity, resilience, the value of life and the endless yearning for peace.
Cecilia’s Basque grandfather, aged 19, was one of the 2,200 Spanish refugees fleeing the Franco regime, who boarded the SS Winnipeg and arrived at the port of Valparaiso, Chile on 3 September 1939. This humanitarian endeavour was arranged by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda in his capacity as Chilean Special Consul in Paris for Immigration. On arrival in Chile, the refugees were offered asylum and the majority of them went on to build a new life
Through personal narratives and by uncovering the memory of her refugee grandfather, Cecilia invites us to understand and acknowledge the experiences of other survivors of this human journey. She uses a clear and evocative language based on illustration, collage and creations in acrylic, punctuated with captions, documentary footage and photographs.
Conflict Textiles contribution to this exhibition is comprised of two arpilleras En el lado “bueno” de la valla / On the “Good" Side of the Fence and Bienvenida a las personas refugiadas - Identificándose con ellas
Exhibition launch: 12.30 (Spanish time), 25 April
Arpillera workshop for families: Sunday 8th May
Online seminar (in spanish): MEMORIA WINNIPEG: RELATOS Y HUELLAS DEL EXILIO / WINNIPEG MEMORIES, stories and footsteps of exile, 4-5.30pm (UK time), 25 May.
Conflict Textiles curator Roberta Bacic will deliver a 15 minute input titled “Conflict Textiles: un lenguaje de testimonio, registro, denuncia y resistencia en situaciones de violencia política y guerra “.
-Outline of seminar input by R.Bacic
-Seminar recording
Weblinks
MUSEO DE LA PAZ DE GERNIKA |
| Commissioned by: | Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio. Gobierno de Chile |
| Date(s): | 25th April 2022 - 14th September 2022 |
| Venue: | Gernika Peace Museum
Foru Plaza 1, 48300 Gernika-Lumo. Bizkaia Basque Country. Spain |
| Curator: | Roberto Fuertes |
| Facilitator: | Iratxe Momoitio Astorkia – Idoia Orbe Narbaiza (Gernika Peace Museum) |
| Outcome: | |
| Documents: |
• Exhibition leaflet, April 2022 - view
• Labels: Conflict Textiles arpilleras - view
• Exhibition announcement: April 2022 - view
• Curatorial overview: April 2022 - view
• Today's Humanitarian Maritime Rescue (SMH) - view
• Poster: Online seminar, 25 May 2022 - view
• Outline of seminar input by R.Bacic, 25 May - view
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