{"uid":"TOOwkvALQxzlyG51","type":"artist","tags":["others"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"BIG ARPILLERAS","summary":"This project was born as a specific tribute to the Chilean Arpilleristas, women who have denounced the abuses of the Pinochet dictatorship around the world through their arpilleras. I am interested in the  transforming power that the arpilleras can offer: a therapeutic dimension which is the basis of a radical transformation of the self. \n\n My arpilleras are relics that have lost their traditional function of use: they are no longer products or traces of kings and saints but they move away from the space of the altar to find completeness in another and purely human dimension, halfway between life and death. They acquire a new range of meanings as places where thoughts, memories and dreams are integrated: they become incubators of humanity. My artistic practice is centered on the concept of hierophany ( \"the sacred that reveals itself\"). \n\nI am interested in the relationship between man\/artifice\/message. My work aims to create a parallelism with the use of medieval representations in sacred places. As these were used to instruct the faithful, almost totally illiterate, to an immediate understanding of the stories of Christ, my project speaks to people who have lost awareness of being human, being lost in the flow of consumerist needs and dazzled by populist messages.\n My arpilleras are mute but offer a space for meditation that can precede the action and the creation of an alternative reality where a more conscious dialogue with our roots and the world is possible.","space":"This project consists of six textile works that can be exhibited together or preferably in different sites (reference to the strong dialogical dimension present in the project). \n\nThe dimensions of the works are variable and vary from 2 to 7 meters. \n\nMaterials: medium mix: natural fibres (wool, jute, coconut fibre, hemp, straw), sand, oil colour, cement, animal parts (horn and feathers).","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":null,"audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"names":"Melania","surname":"Toma","email":"melaniatoma1996@libero.it","dni_type":"Other","dni":"YB0452808","address":"Stradella dei Filippini, 27","city":"Vicenza","nacionality":"Italy","country_id":"113","birthdate":"1996-05-18T22:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1996-05-18T22:00:00.000Z","telephone":"+39 3441366890","web":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/melania.toma.art\/?hl=it","fileCount":18}