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Until 14 September: Claudia Alarcón & Silät: Tayhin
Until 14 September, De La Warr Pavilion Marina, Bexhill On Sea, East Sussex
Claudia Alarcón, an indigenous textile artist from the Wichí community of La Puntana, Argentina, presents Tayhin, the first institutional solo exhibition by the Silät collective. Founded in 2023 by Alarcón and curator Andrei Fernández, Silät unites over 100 women weavers from the Alto la Sierra and La Puntana Wichí communities.
Suspended across freestanding structures, the large-scale chaguar plant weavings recall ancestral traditions where each geometric motif carries meaning — from bird tracks to the contours of the land. Dyed with natural and synthetic pigments, these works emerge through a communal choreography, sometimes involving up to seven women at once.
Silät, meaning “information” or “alert,” uses weaving as a non-verbal language, preserving intergenerational knowledge while asserting cultural presence in the global art sphere. Tayhin — a Wichí term for weaving that also means building, reconstructing, and healing — embodies a collective spirit of resistance, creativity, and deep connection to the land.
Read More about Claudia Alarcón & Silat in Selvedge Issue 126, Deco
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