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CHILE NUNCA MÁS:

Making Memory, Making Futures 50 Years After El Golpe

January 8-13 



A residency with Javiera Benavente, Ester Orellana and collaborators 

Join us for a Community Gathering with poetry, song and food 
Saturday, January 13th at 4pm


This year marks 50 years since el golpe (the military coup) in Chile and the subsequent 17 years long dictatorship. This collective history was marked by widespread political repression, state terrorism, rupture, fear, silence and the detention, disappearance, torture and exile of thousands of people.  It was also marked by collective resistance and resilience, dreams and visions. 

During this residency, we will share and listen to personal narratives, uncover and engage with artifacts from our personal and collective archives, and make a collective arpilleras.* We will make space for this collective history, and its deeply personal impacts, so that it can be witnessed and shared by others. 

We engage in the practice of making memory, so that the injustices that occurred during the dictatorship will never happen again. When we say “never again,” we mean “never again anywhere on earth.”  As we remember our history of violence and resistance, we stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine and join the call for an end to the genocidal violence being waged against them now. 

Para que nunca más en Chile
Para que nunca más los EEUU
Para que nunca más en Palestina 
Para que nunca más en Guatemala 
Para que nunca más en el Congo 
Para que nunca más en todas las tierras del mundo. 

*An arpillera, which means burlap in Spanish, is a brightly colored patchwork picture made predominantly by groups of women (also known as arpilleristas). The making of arpilleras became a popular form of resistance and resilience during the military dictatorship in Chile.

JAVIERA BENAVENTE, ESTER ORELLANA and COLLABORATORS  



A.P.E.'s programming is made possible in part by sustained support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts.