Vernissage: Friday, October 23, 5:00-8:00 PM
 

Collective Curatorial Statement

Tejedoras de la Imagen (“Image Weavers”) is a Colombia-based collective of Indigenous peoples and allies sharing an anti-colonial and anti-patriarchal ethos, dedicated to community-based audiovisual work. Drawing from the Embera Chamí, Gunadule, Murui, and Mapuche peoples, and from their own experiences of sexual and gender diversity, we view cinema and the visual arts as tools for healing and narrative sovereignty, through which they express their feelings and realities.

This exhibition is an open book revealing who we are. Each member of Tejedoras de la Imagen (“Image weavers”) has brought creations forth from her own hands, feelings, and territories: lines, colours, sounds, and perspectives in motion. Through illustrations, stories, graphic narratives, photographs, and short films dedicated to water, anti-colonial resistance, and ancestral diversity, we share our creations as a collective testament to healing, tenderness, and community strength.

This exhibit is sponsored by Inter Pares with support from the Act Together for Inclusion Initiative.