Chimú people, Unku; Ceremonial Robe,~900 C.E., woven alpaca yarn, 590mm x 1260mm, Amano Museum, Lima
- Friday, December 7, 2018
- 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- MAWA, 611 Main Street
For thousands of years, weaving has played a central role in Peruvian society. Carella Arfinengo will present a brief survey of Peru’s textile tradition, from pre-Incan times to today. In this lecture, textiles will be discussed as cultural objects, framed by Andean Indigenous ways of knowing. Carella-Arfinengo will explore the impact of ongoing colonialism on Peruvian fibre traditions and present the work of contemporary designers and artists who use textiles as a means for decolonial practices.
Free, everyone welcome!
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Francesca Carella Arfinengo is an emerging artist who works in textiles, text, photography and socially engaged modalities. Arfinengo grew up in Arequipa, Peru and identifies as a settler of mixed ancestry. She is grateful to live and work in Treaty 1 territory.