The
Protest Forms Memory and Celebration series consists of embroidered banners
that recover both the artisanal sewing technique and the solemn tradition of
the banner in parades and sacramental processions. The banners were conceived
as a symbolic objects that could represent and unite the communal work in
participatory projects were they stand up, for people to see and follow while
performers, pedestrians, and casual onlookers merge into one collective body in
the public space.

Onto
these banners, popular elements are added figures and slogans that allude to
the civil rights struggle in terms of
celebration. The
language is strictly secular, extrapolated during workshops led by the artist.
In these banner, claims, questions or statements take central stage, as their
social and political meanings recount the poetry in the everyday along with a
collective wisdom that seems to have been there forever. Thus, the artist articulates her interest
in the role that crowd, dance and music play in creating united temporary
communities to demonstrate resilience.