HILOS DE AMÉRICA

In this way,Hilos de América brings out the persistence of hereditary techniques that extend to our days and how the use of colors and shapes of the embroideries and clothes form a visual language that is a key part of different peoples and is updated through the incorporation of mestizo and popular elements.

The exhibit allows to visualize different aspects related to indigenous clothing, such as the symbolism in the daily use attire; the textile as an indicator of identity and status within the community; the passing on and presence of traditional techniques of elaboration and the ritual importance of textile pieces related to special moments and ceremonies such as birth, marriage and death.

Among the works we can highlight those made of vegetal fibers from the Argentinean Chacao and the pieces made of feathers from the Bolivian jungle, which show the capacity of humans to adapt to adverse environment; the extraordinary Mexican tenangos (decorative embroidery) and Guatemalan huipeles, as well as Aymara textile from the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, and the XIX century textile collection from cuzco of the Museo La Merced, never shown before.

The exposition is also sorted by two main themes that are at the same time two basic concepts of the art of weaving: Warping and Weaving as metaphors of social networks where warping represents the base of society and the inherited context from which is knitted the weaving where the expressive, ludic and festive planes of traditional societies develop.

The exhibit includes a complete program of activities, both educational and of extension, highlighting workshops of loom knitting open to the public and a special program at the Cineteca Nacional centered in the Latin American indigenous people.