Action in Beypore, Kerala, India, February 2024
Action conducted during the Sutra artist's retreat in Tasara, Beypore, during February 2024.
Participants: Aung Zaw Lwin, Myanmar; Shawshulaing, Myanmar, Patricia, Mexico; Botagoz Tolesh, Kazahistan; Olga Berglot, Iceland; Pawan Sudhir, India: Haya & Henna, Kerala, India; Claudia, Colombia; Cristian, Colombia; Zaya, Mongolia.; Estrella, Spain; Patricia, Mexico; Sneekula, India; Samira, Norway/Belgium/Maroc; Graciela Miller, Uruguay; Graciella Fournier, Costa Rica; Alessandra Sequeira , Costa Rica; Antoine Petel, France; Susanne Watzman, USA; Celia Ferreira, Portgal; TT, Portugal; Aastha Choudhary; India; Sheeja, India; Christine Fayon, France; Dominique Guy , France; Valerie Delarue, France; Aigul Kyrykbayeva, Kazakhstan; Kundyz Zhilybayeva, Kazakhstan; Nur, Kazakhstan; Munojot Boimatova, Tajikistan; Shirley, Uk; Emi. Sakai,Japan, Hanna. Sweden; Samira Jamouchi, No/Belgium/Morocco; Maria Volobueva, Russia; Svetlana Parusheva, Russia Ural; Alessandra Sequeira; Costa Rica; Graciela Fournier; Costa Rica; Kozhikode teachers Prajilla; Regitha Thalassery and Hassena, India; Haya and Hanna, india; Sreekala Prakash, India; Olga Bergiljot, Iceland.
Whatever the final story may appear with the different colors and fabrics, it has the different emotions, the flavors, the gazes and this generosity that can be achieved only through the gift of a square. During this action, in Kerala, the process evolved smoothly, in the first 2 days of the week we set up the project introduction using a table in Tasara open air exhibition, people came, artists from Tasara retreat and visitors of the exhibition, some of them took squares and gave it to us during the next 3 weeks, we also did same squares using indigo dye, some people enjoyed using the indigo squares to start their stories, some other people took some indigo squares as a souvenir. During the waiting time, we told other people about the project, one by one. In the last day we assembled the squares received in a panel . There were amazing squares like the tapestry made by Nemichand, weaver from India, stories by Pawan Sudir, new TC local coordinator in India, embroideries by Cristian and Claudia, from Colombia, the beautiful appliqué by Olga from Iceland, the incredible squares from Maria and Svetlana from Russia, Shawsuland and Aung Zaw from Myanmar: Sheeja; Aastha and Sneekula from India; Susanne from USA; Shirley from Wales; Zaia from Mongolia; Ale Sequeira and Graciella Fournier from Costa Rica and Graciella Miller from Uruguay. In this action we understood the power of collecting stories, of a collective image with many layers of participation and the role of the gift as a commitment to the collective stories.
Participants: Aung Zaw Lwin, Myanmar; Shawshulaing, Myanmar, Patricia, Mexico; Botagoz Tolesh, Kazahistan; Olga Berglot, Iceland; Pawan Sudhir, India: Haya & Henna, Kerala, India; Claudia, Colombia; Cristian, Colombia; Zaya, Mongolia.; Estrella, Spain; Patricia, Mexico; Sneekula, India; Samira, Norway/Belgium/Maroc; Graciela Miller, Uruguay; Graciella Fournier, Costa Rica; Alessandra Sequeira , Costa Rica; Antoine Petel, France; Susanne Watzman, USA; Celia Ferreira, Portgal; TT, Portugal; Aastha Choudhary; India; Sheeja, India; Christine Fayon, France; Dominique Guy , France; Valerie Delarue, France; Aigul Kyrykbayeva, Kazakhstan; Kundyz Zhilybayeva, Kazakhstan; Nur, Kazakhstan; Munojot Boimatova, Tajikistan; Shirley, Uk; Emi. Sakai,Japan, Hanna. Sweden; Samira Jamouchi, No/Belgium/Morocco; Maria Volobueva, Russia; Svetlana Parusheva, Russia Ural; Alessandra Sequeira; Costa Rica; Graciela Fournier; Costa Rica; Kozhikode teachers Prajilla; Regitha Thalassery and Hassena, India; Haya and Hanna, india; Sreekala Prakash, India; Olga Bergiljot, Iceland.
Whatever the final story may appear with the different colors and fabrics, it has the different emotions, the flavors, the gazes and this generosity that can be achieved only through the gift of a square. During this action, in Kerala, the process evolved smoothly, in the first 2 days of the week we set up the project introduction using a table in Tasara open air exhibition, people came, artists from Tasara retreat and visitors of the exhibition, some of them took squares and gave it to us during the next 3 weeks, we also did same squares using indigo dye, some people enjoyed using the indigo squares to start their stories, some other people took some indigo squares as a souvenir. During the waiting time, we told other people about the project, one by one. In the last day we assembled the squares received in a panel . There were amazing squares like the tapestry made by Nemichand, weaver from India, stories by Pawan Sudir, new TC local coordinator in India, embroideries by Cristian and Claudia, from Colombia, the beautiful appliqué by Olga from Iceland, the incredible squares from Maria and Svetlana from Russia, Shawsuland and Aung Zaw from Myanmar: Sheeja; Aastha and Sneekula from India; Susanne from USA; Shirley from Wales; Zaia from Mongolia; Ale Sequeira and Graciella Fournier from Costa Rica and Graciella Miller from Uruguay. In this action we understood the power of collecting stories, of a collective image with many layers of participation and the role of the gift as a commitment to the collective stories.
Action: Mantra for Peace, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; 16/17 November 2022 |
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On the 16th and 17th of November we brought the action Mantra for Peace to Santiago de Compostela. On the 16th, with the exhibition of one of the Mantras of Peace performed during the Ephemeral Gardens ( Jardins Efémeros) with groups from the Viseu region during the Liter 21 Congress of Literature and Artistic Education, at the University of Santiago Campus Sul. On the 18th, with an exhibition of the mantra at the Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago ( Museo das Peregrinacións e de Santiago.). We also did a street action where we embroidered more squares for Peace with people passing in front of the museum. We had the collaboration of the Liter21 Group (USC) and the C3 collective.
