Field notes embroidered as the result of reflection, memories, emotions, and collaborative learning processes with artists, communities, and academics from different territories I have visited in Colombia. Embroideries are framed under biodiversity topics of Colombia, local artisanal knowledge and the connection between people and nature.
 

I understand embroidery as a political act in favor of slow life. Embodies awareness of body, materialities and time, of memories and thoughts. 

 

Collaborative embroidery are invitations to transgress gender and age preestablished roles. Workshops allow participants to create their own art work, as an interwoven action between individual and collective learning. Are framed spaces to embroider and talk about nature. 

Collaborative workshops are an interdisciplinary act where threads, fabrics, drawings and drums are artifacts that connect people. 

There is room for collective silence or “sensory embodiment against words egemony” (Goopy & Rassan, 2019). 

Topic is nature, a peaceful topic that generates bridges among participants that have different political positions. 

Peaceful interaction spaces. 

Knowledge is produced horizontally; no body holds the power. Everybody can learn, everybody can teach in action. 

 

When I do individual embroideries after workshops, memories are unraveled, I connect scenes of my life before the workshop, what happened in the workshop, and what I want to say at the moment. In this way I make public field notes, emotions, and conversations. Reconfiguration of collective and individual memories are embodied in a new embroidery.