Mirabal

Synopsis

The 25th of November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It commemorates the murder of the sisters Minerva, Patria and Mª Teresa Mirabal, by the police of the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo while visiting their imprisoned husbands. In 2018 to commemorate this day, the Department of Equality Policies of Tàrrega Town Council produced an installation with a metal structure in the form of a cube that symbolises a cage and the women’s experience in relationships of gender violence. Over 970 chains hang from the lattice ceiling of the structure, one for each woman killed in Spain between 2003 and 2018 and 40 more chains for these women’s children who were also killed. The aim is for the visitors experience the feeling of being trapped and become aware of the magnitude of the problem of gender violence in our society.

Sessions

Venue

Parc Ondara

Discipline

Visual Arts / Installation

Price

Gratis

Recommended audience

All audiences

Comments

Instal·lació oberta i visitable de forma permanent durant els 4 dies de la Fira #Gènere #Igualtat #Gender #Equality

Premiere

Sí

Language

No text

Region

Catalunya

Country

Spain

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