Claudia Alarcón and the 'Silät' collective will exhibit nine woven cloths that tell some of the myths of their people and challenge the Western construction of art. This is the first time that there is indigenous participation in the Biennial for Argentina and, in addition to entering the art world, the women hope to translate the recognition into better living conditions for their people.
“If we talk about indigenous people in the present, it is a big problem because it is assumed that the indigenous is past,” says Demóstenes Toribio, translator of the Wichí people, about the link between the Argentine State and its people, and about the idea that Argentina It's just white territory.“I'm going to tell you what this thing that I do consists of and is called art for us, the indigenous women who live in these territories. It is nothing new, it's a very old activity and we know well the value that our work has,’ says Alarcán.