Community Project
Confección De Banderas – Mujeres bordadoras
For the call of the Art Review Casa Wabi Residency Award, I proposed to develop a project with embroidery women from the region, similar to the one I will be developing at the Ghetto Biennale in Haiti, next December. The objective of the project was to question the construction of geographical symbols. Starting from participatory dynamics, particularly involving women.
We work with about twenty embroiderers – and a man – in the communities of Cerro Hermoso, San Martín Caballero, Manialtepec and San Isidro Llano Grande. Participants visited Casa Wabi, where I presented a general review on vexillology: geometry, colors, symbols, political and social dimension. From that, we made a working session in which they began to develop proposals, which they would make throughout a week and a half, with a visit during this period to comment on possible doubts.
The presentation took place at Casa Wabi, in which the participants presented four flags that alluded, as a constant, to the landscape and the place’s economic activities. In some cases, reference was made to Religious symbols, financial activities, and the Chatin heritage of the communities. A pair of communities commented that they planned to use working on perfecting your proposals (due to the short term of development).
For the call of the Art Review Casa Wabi Residency Award, I proposed to develop a project with embroidery women from the region, similar to the one I will be developing at the Ghetto Biennale in Haiti, next December. The objective of the project was to question the construction of geographical symbols. Starting from participatory dynamics, particularly involving women.
We work with about twenty embroiderers – and a man – in the communities of Cerro Hermoso, San Martín Caballero, Manialtepec and San Isidro Llano Grande. Participants visited Casa Wabi, where I presented a general review on vexillology: geometry, colors, symbols, political and social dimension. From that, we made a working session in which they began to develop proposals, which they would make throughout a week and a half, with a visit during this period to comment on possible doubts.
The presentation took place at Casa Wabi, in which the participants presented four flags that alluded, as a constant, to the landscape and the place’s economic activities. In some cases, reference was made to Religious symbols, financial activities, and the Chatin heritage of the communities. A pair of communities commented that they planned to use working on perfecting your proposals (due to the short term of development).
