Event Details
'Paz Justicia Libertad / Peace Justice Freedom', Anonymous. (Photo: Martin Melaugh) |
| Exhibition and associated activities: | ÜberlebensKunst - Konfliktbearbeitung durch textile Bilder / The Art of Survival - the way societies deal with political violence:Textile narratives from Spain, Northern Ireland and Chile |
| Description: | This exhibition was commissioned by the University of Hamburg Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, Helmut Schmidt Universität, Universität der Bundeswehr, Hamburg.
In this collection, women narrate in textile form how they have dealt with political violence and its troublesome legacy. "The Art of Survival : the way societies deal with political violence" draws examples of arpilleras and quilts from Spain, Chile and Northern Ireland when these countries were under repressive regimes. Stitched by women living in or on the margins of daily conflict and fear, they give us an insight into their struggles and their resilience and courage in resisting, surviving and striving for a better and more peaceful future. Three workshops, on the theme of the Spanish Civil War, the Chilean Dictatorship and the Northern Ireland Troubles, also formed part of the exhibition programme.
Email: friedensbildung@uni-hamburg.de (to register for workshops)
Relevant web links:
http://www.sub.uni-hamburg.de/startseite.html
http://www.bliesemann-de-guevara.de/startseite/aktuelles/
http://blog.sub.uni-hamburg.de/?p=8307
http://www.latinotopia.de/aktuelles/ausstellung-uberlebenskunst/ |
| Commissioned by: | University of Hamburg |
| Date(s): | 12th July 2012 - 26th August 2012 |
| Venue: | University of Hamburg
Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, Von-Melle-Park 3 · 20146 Hamburg Germany |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Facilitator: | University of Hamburg with local partners |
| Outcome: | From each workshop, an artistic response in the form of collage was produced and this was presented at the closing of the exhibition. The collage portraying the response to the Chilean dictatorship, is now displayed in the Department of Political Studies. |
| Documents: |
• Exhibition catalogue, Hamburg, July 2012 - view
• Exhibition poster, Hamburg, July 2012 - view
• Captions handout - view
• Exhibition invitation, Hamburg, July 2012 - view
• Exhibition press release, Hamburg, July 2012 - view
• Workshop leaflet, Hamburg, July 2012 - view
• Hamburg University library flier, July 2012 - view
• Hamburg University activities, July/Aug 2012 - view
• Exhibition opening remarks, Hamburg, July2012 - view
• Exhibition opening remarks, Hamburg, July2012 - view
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