Event Details
(L-R): Lauren Dempster, QUB; Roberta Bacic, Conflict Textiles (CT); Karen Logan, Ulster Museum (UM); Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International NI, Gillian Robinson, CT and Hannah Crowdy, UM; marking the transfer of 14 textiles from CT to UM. (Photo: UM) |
| Landmark event: | International Human Rights Day 2022: Embracing Human Rights |
| Description: | ”International Human Rights Day 2022: Embracing Human Rights” is a collaboration between Ulster Museum and Conflict Textiles. It celebrates Human Rights Day 2022, which precedes the 75th anniversary on 10 December 2023, of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). It forms part of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival (December 2022).
This landmark event marks:
• The transfer of 14 textiles from the Conflict Textiles collection to Ulster Museum. These arpilleras, quilts and wall hangings from Chile, Colombia, Peru, Northern Ireland, England, Nigeria and Catalonia depict a range of Human Rights issues from the perspectives of the makers and have been exhibited in a range of venues worldwide.
• The launch of a short film (8.03m) Conflict Textiles: A Landmark commissioned by Conflict Textiles, to mark the acquisition of 14 textiles from the collection by the Ulster Museum. Also available with Spanish subtitles Un hito para Conflict Textiles (Castellano)
The event took place on Friday, 9 December, 10.30 - 1pm in the Belfast Room, Ulster Museum. It commenced with a musical performance by Victor Henriquez over tea and coffee.
• Speakers' inputs included:
-Lauren Dempster, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast
-Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland Director of Amnesty International UK
• Hands-on activity. Here attendees had the opportunity to dress card templates of people using available scraps of fabric or a piece of material they brought that had a special significance for them. These were collated as a creative representation of attendees' participation in marking Human Rights Day 2022.
Video loop 14 Textiles: From Conflict Textiles to Ulster Museum (2.00m)
Ulster Museum Press Release
A short film (3.01m) was produced by Ulster Museum as a record of the event:
Embracing Human Rights (Subtitles in English)
Abarcando los Derechos Humanos (Subtitles in Spanish)
The 14 textiles are now available to view at Ulster Museum/Conflict Textiles |
| Commissioned by: | Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Date(s): | 9th December 2022 - 9th December 2022 |
| Venue: | Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Belfast BT9 5AB, Northern Ireland; Northland Road, Derry /Londonderry, BT48 7JL |
| Curator: | Karen Logan and Roberta Bacic |
| Facilitator: | Ulster Museum and Conflict Textiles |
| Outcome: | This significant event marked the transfer of 14 textiles from the Conflict Textiles collection to the Ulster Museum (see Ulster Museum/Conflict Textiles). Up to 40 people from a range of diverse backgrounds, cultures and communities participated.
The timing of the event - International Human Rights Day 2022 - emphasised the power of these textiles in articulating human rights struggles globally, a theme developed by Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International, Northern Ireland. Lauren Dempster, Queens' University, Belfast highlighted their important role in third level education; in linking abstract concepts to lived experiences. The hands-on element provided a reflective - active space, that sparked ideas, conversations and connections.
Overall, the event highlighted the in-depth collaborative relationship between Conflict Textiles and Ulster Museum; a collaboration that, through these 14 textiles, ensures that human rights struggles will continue to be voiced through the medium of textiles.
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| Documents: |
• Event invitation, 9 Dec 2022 - view
• 14 textiles: Transfer to Ulster Museum, Dec22 - view
• Presentation, Patrick Corrigan, 9 Dec. 2022 - view
• Press release, Ulster Museum, 9 Dec. 2022 - view
• Photo gallery: Transfer of textiles, 9 Dec 22 - view
• Presentation notes, Lauren Dempster, Dec 22 - view
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