VESTIGES

transmission through objects

Are objects capable of establishing relations between past and present?

Can they be used as instruments for the transmission of memory?

We invite you to visit Vestigios (Vestiges), a site that displays images and information on objects which relatives and friends of victims – or other individuals who were politically involved during the last military dictatorship – kept from those years.

Vestigios is a Memoria Abierta initiative designed to increase the level of information and social conscienceness of State terrorism.

This proposal seeks to explore the ability of objects to establish relations between past and present, that they may serve as vehicles for the transmission of memory and, at the same time, foster debate and reflection.

We believe that it opens a door on a different dimension of the days of State terrorism, a personal perspective generally absent from historical accounts and which contributes to the construction of collective memory.

In Vestigios we present a selection of the objects reviewed during the first stage of this project. Should you possess an object you would like to be included in our collection, please complete the contact form and we will get in touch with you shortly.

This project has the support of the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development.

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