The exhibition is made up of figures made from recycled clothing made in Juanita Vial's workshop with women from the San Joaquín Women's Penitentiary Center. The exhibition includes framed works, acrylic cubes with works inside, intervened objects and also unframed volumetric works.
These pieces pay tribute to Gabriela Mistral, who was unjustly accused as a child of stealing from her school. It is precisely the pain of being blamed that inspires this exhibition that will be open to the public at BiblioGAM in the month of the poet's birth.
The former fashion producer, Juanita Vial, has been running this workshop for three years, in which women who have been deprived of liberty participate and who rotate according to their sentences. They work with used clothes, which they fold and turn into rolls and balls, and then sew with wool, to create true art objects on which they leave their thoughts, dreams and creativity printed.
It all started with the idea of holding a textile recycling workshop. From there the idea of volunteering grew and Juanita has now been working with the inmates for three years. The project has also been transformed into a research instance, where the inmates can give free rein to their imagination. Many of them write their thoughts in fragments of genre in their own way of speaking to later incorporate them into the designs.
This type of prison art already has a recognized seal and can be translated into countless decorative objects, from chairs, armchairs, paintings, cushions, lamps, dolls, spoons and animals.
The former fashion producer, Juanita Vial, has been running this workshop for three years, in which women who have been deprived of liberty participate and who rotate according to their sentences. They work with used clothes, which they fold and turn into rolls and balls, and then sew with wool, to create true art objects on which they leave their thoughts, dreams and creativity printed.
It all started with the idea of holding a textile recycling workshop. From there the idea of volunteering grew and Juanita has now been working with the inmates for three years. The project has also been transformed into a research instance, where the inmates can give free rein to their imagination. Many of them write their thoughts in fragments of genre in their own way of speaking to later incorporate them into the designs.
This type of prison art already has a recognized seal and can be translated into countless decorative objects, from chairs, armchairs, paintings, cushions, lamps, dolls, spoons and animals.