Textile Books

After decades of armed conflict and the peace agreement of 2016, how can Colombians (re-) author their lives in order to live on? How can former guerrillas of the FARC, their families, their victims, their new rural neighbours, and society at large live together again? 

In the project we used sewing, embroidery and narrative interviews to explore everyday micro-processes of reconciliation. We worked in two rural communities that now host peace signatories: Llano Grande (Dabeiba) and San José de León (Mutatá).

Here you will find the complete list of textile books, as well as the audiovisual and photographic memory of the process:

Journeys

Nostalgias

Reunions

Roots

Trust

Transformations

Commitment

Small Stitches San José de León

Small Stitches Llano Grande

Peace embroidered by children

Hopes

Uncertainties

Luz Ledys from Mutatá talks about her piece Circle of Women
Jacobo from Dabeiba talks about his piece Your Laughter Sets Me Free
Rosa from Mutatá talks about her piece Reconciliation
Marta Rendón, (Un-)Stitching Gazes researcher, presents the textile book Journeys
Launch of the book (Un-)Stitching Gazes: Spinning, embroidering and mending reconciliation in Colombia