Subtle states, the Impenetrable
In this article we analyze the ways of seeing that are put into play in the project “From the Impenetrable to London” that represented Argentina at the Second London Design Biennial. The curators of the work aimed to give visibility to the ancestral value of artisan textiles and to rescue the commun...
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I10-R310-article-376732025-03-28T19:01:47Z Subtle states, the Impenetrable Estados sutiles, lo Impenetrable Martínez, Amalia Soledad Artesanía Diseño Semiosis Representación Subalternidad Crafts Design Semiosis Representation Subalternity In this article we analyze the ways of seeing that are put into play in the project “From the Impenetrable to London” that represented Argentina at the Second London Design Biennial. The curators of the work aimed to give visibility to the ancestral value of artisan textiles and to rescue the community spirit of the Wichi people. The project is made with chaguar fibers collected, spun and dyed by women from the native community. This task is performed by the Wichi women. They link the chaguar and weave bags applying knots and skills learned from their mothers and grandmothers. We are interested in analyzing the way in which the sensitive emerges from the ancestral textile crafts of the Wichis, and how this activity is made invisible through the design operations imposed by a Western and rationalist way of seeing, making the ancestral value of the crafts invisible. We also analyze how the photographs with which the project is disseminated in the media, highlight the subordination of Wichi women with respect to Mar del Plata designers. En este artículo analizamos los modos de ver que se ponen en juego en el proyecto “Del Impenetrable a Londres” que representó a Argentina en la Segunda Bienal de Diseño de la mencionada ciudad. Los curadores de la obra tenían como objetivo darle visibilidad al valor ancestral del textil artesanal y rescatar el espíritu de comunidad del pueblo wichi. El proyecto está realizado con fibras de chaguar recolectadas, hiladas y teñidas por mujeres wichi. Ellas enlazan el chaguar y tejen bolsos aplicando nudos que aprendieron de sus madres y de sus abuelas. Nos interesa analizar el modo en que lo sensible emerge de la artesanía textil de los wichis y cómo esta actividad es invisibilizada a través de las operaciones de diseño que impone la perspectiva occidental y racionalista. Esta mirada oculta y relega a un segundo plano los valores ancestrales de la artesanía. Analizamos también cómo las fotografías con las que se difunde el proyecto en los medios, ponen en evidencia la subalternidad de las mujeres wichi respecto de los diseñadores marplatenses. Editorial de la Facultad de Artes 2022-07-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Double-Blind Peer Review Paper Artículo revisados por pares (doble ciego) application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/avances/article/view/37673 Avances; Núm. 31 (2022) 2718-6555 1667-927X spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/avances/article/view/37673/38209 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/avances/article/view/37673/38095 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/avances/article/view/37673/38097 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
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In this article we analyze the ways of seeing that are put into play in the project “From the Impenetrable to London” that represented Argentina at the Second London Design Biennial. The curators of the work aimed to give visibility to the ancestral value of artisan textiles and to rescue the community spirit of the Wichi people. The project is made with chaguar fibers collected, spun and dyed by women from the native community. This task is performed by the Wichi women. They link the chaguar and weave bags applying knots and skills learned from their mothers and grandmothers.
We are interested in analyzing the way in which the sensitive emerges from the ancestral textile crafts of the Wichis, and how this activity is made invisible through the design operations imposed by a Western and rationalist way of seeing, making the ancestral value of the crafts invisible. We also analyze how the photographs with which the project is disseminated in the media, highlight the subordination of Wichi women with respect to Mar del Plata designers. |
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