Desconocida Unknown Ukjent is an international art project by the Norwegian artist Lise Bjorne Linnert to raise awareness of the murder, trafficking and abuse of women in Ciudad Juarez, on the Mexican/ US border. Since 1993, between 500 to possibly over 1000 women are believed to have been murdered in the city or have disappeared.
In this art project, each participant embroiders the name of one of the dead or missing women of Ciudad Juarez and also embroiders the word 'unknown' to remember all the unidentified victims of similar crimes worldwide, taking the time used to embroider the name or words to remember these people. This is my contribution to the project thanks to the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester.
You can find out much more at Lise Bjorne Linnert's blog.
2 comments:
What a wonderful project. I think it's really easy to sit in England and forget about the rest of the world and moan about our taxes.
Well done on taking part.
C
xxx
What a fantastic and worthy project. xxx
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