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Tejiendo la Vida de un Maya - Day of the Dead Exhibition

10/8/2017

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Remembrance and Resistance
SOMArts Annual Day of the Dead Exhibition

October 6 - November 9, 2017
SOMArts
934 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA

Tejiendo la Vida de un Maya" ("Threading the Life of a Mayan") is the title of an altar in collaboration with Adriana Camarena and Jose Gongora Pat honoring the life of his brother Luis, killed by the SFPD in 2016. Both Luis and Jose are from a small village in Yucatan, Mexico. Women in their village have carried for generations the tradition of working with embroidery and textiles. Using the dichotomy text/textile, both with same origin, we used hand dyed threads to weave Luis' story, from his origins in Yucatan to his life as an immigrant in San Francisco. This non-traditional altar uses textile as the silent voice, as a metaphor for repressed or untold stories.
Adriana Camarena is a Mission District writer and researcher focused on social justice. More information about her work here
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