“A cyclone has ravaged our country our bones are still shaking and the sorrow is taking hold of me for my offspring. Olrat is one of the endangered languages. Olrat is an Oceanic language spoken in the west of Gaua Island, in the Banks Islands, in northern Vanuatu. The great cyclone – Dancing Song of the great cyclone Wendy in 1972. Manuela Morgaine SCRATCH THE WORLD ERASE THE BORDERS – a collective artwork for Bienal Sur 2021 (Argentina) That’s all for now, I wish us all the best and good luck in this new adventure! Lots of love and besos, Ivana Vollaro » I myself was educated at the public university, so this journey has many layers of meaning for me.
I am also proud that all this, the Biennial Sur, comes from a public university in my country, where anyone who wants to study can do so with academic excellence and free of charge. Women who don’t even know how much they supported me during the lockdown and how happy I am to see them every Tuesday for the last year and a half. It is very symbolic that we are in a museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art in a small country in South America, and that I am representing women artists from various parts of the world whom I do not know and do not know when I will meet. Also the link to the MAPI Museum, I am very curious to see. As you know, my English is not good, so I also thank Deepl for helping me every time I write to you : ) I leave you the first picture, the first step for this trip, the place where yesterday I had to take the covid test to be able to travel. I confess I’m a bit nervous, it’s a challenge for me, I will do my best! I want to thank Natacha and the Bienal Sur team for all the work to make this happen and all the Crown sisters for trusting me to represent them in Montevideo. I will try to record the trip so that I can share it with you and somehow feel accompanied. I will go by boat early tomorrow morning, cross the Rio de la Plata, and arrive in Montevideo at noon. “My dear Crown sisters, I am very happy to be able to cross the border for the first time since we met at the beginning of the pandemic and to be able to bring our work to the MAPI Museum in Montevideo, Uruguay, as part of the Bienal Sur. November 16 to November 23 Manuela Morgaine – Dreaming Rio de la PlataĮRASE THE BORDERS – a collective artwork for Bienal Sur 2021 (Uruguay) B’Tselem speaks of 1,387 Palestinians killed, including 773 civilians (including 252 children under the age of 16), 330 activists (including 19 minors) and 248 police officers. According to IDF, there were 1,166 Palestinians killed, including 709 militants from various armed groups, which corresponds to a maximum of 39.2 percent of civilians. On the Israeli side, 3 civilians and 10 Israeli soldiers lost their lives, and 113 soldiers were injured along with more than 84 civilians, according to B’Tselem.
others were injured according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, civilians make up 65% of those killed. On the evening of January 19, according to the provisional toll reported by the head of the emergency services in Gaza, Mouawiya Hassanein, 1,315 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli offensive, including more than 410 children and 100 women, and more than 5,285. On December 27, 2008, the evening of the lighting of the seventh Hanukkah candle, and the last Shabbat of the year, the IDF launched Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, with the aim of striking the infrastructure and launching pads of Hamas rockets following continued terrorist activity and rocket fire from the Gaza Strip targeting Israeli civilians. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launches Operation Cast Lead. December 7 to December 14 Manuela Morgaine Hanukkah Cast Lead (drawing) – ERASE THE BORDERS – a collective artwork, Bienal Sur 2021 (Uruguay)