Chilean revolutionary arpilleras

Roberta Bacic is the founder of Conflict Textiles, an organisation and digital archive of arpilleras,textiles from Chile and other countries that document political and social realities. Arpilleras were (and are) predominantly made by women, and became popular under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile as they documented scenes of violence and resistance, particularly against enforced disappearance. Roberta Bacic has a large collection of arpilleras that she cares for and travels with to exhibitions around the world. This collection is digitised and can be found at Conflict Textiles. During a workshop at LSE with May Day Rooms, Roberta spoke about the history and power of arpilleras, and how we can think of them as an important archive. After the workshop, we spoke with her about the idea of archiving.

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Roberta Bacic

Roberta Bacic is the founder of Conflict Textiles,an organisation and digital archive of arpilleras,textiles from Chile and other countries that document political and social realities. Arpilleras were (and are) predominantly made by women, and became popular under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile as they documented scenes of violence and resistance, particularly against enforced disappearance. Roberta Bacic has a large collection of arpilleras that she cares for and travels with to exhibitions around the world. This collection is digitised and can be found at Conflict Textiles. During a workshop at LSE with May Day Rooms, Roberta spoke about the history and power of arpilleras, and how we canthink of them as an important archive. After the workshop, we spoke with her about the idea of archiving

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