Conflict Textiles is a large collection of local and international pieces including textiles, arpilleras, quilts, wall hangings, paintings, and sculptures which focus on elements of conflict and human rights abuses.
Conflict Textiles has its origins in an exhibition The Art of Survival: International and Irish Quilts which was held at nine venues across Derry in early 2008.
Since 2008, over 130 exhibitions, featuring arpilleras, quilts and wall hangings, and related events have been hosted in museums, universities, art galleries, embassies and community spaces worldwide.
The curator Roberta Bacic has been custodian of the growing collection over the past three decades.
Conflict Textiles is an ‘Associated Site’ of CAIN (Conflict Archive on the Internet) at Ulster University, Northern Ireland.
Tras las huellas de los/as desaparecidos/as an exhibition curated by Roberta Bacic at Casa Seminario 12 - Mexico City
Following the footsteps of the disappeared, an exhibition at Casa Seminario in Mexico City on the theme of the search for the disappeared, and dedicated to the relatives of the disappeared. Through the stitched scraps of fabric – some of it remnants of clothing belonging to a disappeared person - we are confronted with the agony of the families as they search for their relatives’ remains and pursue their relentless quest for justice.
Following the Footsteps of the Disappeared an online exhibition of conflict-related textiles and range of activities, to mark International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 30 August 2020. Following the Footsteps of the Disappeared is a partnership between Conflict Textiles, the Ulster Museum, the Transformative Memory Network, John Hume and Thomas P. O'Neill Chair in Peace, and the Ulster University.
Simposium on-line in Spanish:
Textiles Testimoniales de "Conflict Textiles" 2 Febrary 2022.
Coordinación Nacional de Antropología Mexico
Panellists: Roberta Bacic, curator of Conflict Textiles, in conversation with Bianca Islas and Katia Olalde.
Moderator: Mariana Riviera
Canal 22 reviews in Spanish the exhibition Following in the Footsteps of the Disappeared at Casa Seminario in Mexico City, curated by Roberta Bacic.
Canal 22 (Channel 22) is one of Mexico's principal public television stations, with a format emphasizing cultural programming.
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