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Argentina, Silät, Wichí Chaguar Textile Art
Founded in 2023, Silät is a collective of Wichí women artisans led by Claudia Alarcón, based in Santa Victoria Este, where the borders of Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay gently dissolve. Bringing together nearly a hundred weavers and artists, Silät — meaning “announcement” in Wichí — is both a practice and a presence: a way of affirming identity through textile expression.
Working with chaguar fibre, a native plant of the Gran Chaco region, each thread is hand-spun and woven using ancestral techniques such as yica stitch and ancient looping methods. Their textiles carry the rhythms of the forest, shaped by gestures passed down through generations, yet constantly evolving.
Silät moves fluidly between tradition and contemporary art, presenting their works in galleries, museums, and biennials worldwide. As part of the Unión Textiles Semillas, the collective engages in shared spaces of learning and exchange, where weaving becomes a site for dialogue, memory, and resistance.
At its core, Silät exists to create livelihoods and defend cultural continuity — to make visible a living heritage. Through scale, form, and narrative, their textiles speak: of land, of community, and of a world woven with intention, strength, and voice.
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