| Maker(s): | Chalfin, Liz
| | Culture: | American (1958- )
| | Title: | Stories Sow The Seeds of Change
| | Date Made: | 2020
| | Type: | Drawing; Collage
| | Materials: | Etching, letterpress, lithography, photopolymer printmaking, graphite, beeswax on paper
| | Measurements: | Overall: 16 in x 19 15/16 in; 40.6 cm x 50.6 cm; Mount: 20 7/8 in x 27 1/8 in; 53 cm x 68.9 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | SIGNATURE/DATE: back, lwr. r. (graphite): LC 2020; TITLE: back, lwr. l. (graphite): Stories Sow The Seeds of Change
| | Accession Number: | UM 2020.9
| | Credit Line: | Commissioned by the UMCA for the exhibition We Are For Freedoms
| | Museum Collection: | University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMASS Amherst
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Label Text:
From the exhibition We Are For Freedoms, February 16 - December 5, 2021
Artist's Statement:
Freedom is contextual. It is perceived and exercised differently depending on who you are and the societal and environmental structures within which you live. My notion of freedom, as a privileged person in a capitalist culture, is far different from that of a migrant mother at the border, a young Black man going for a run, a school girl under Taliban rule, or even a river that is used as an industrial dumping ground.
Freedom is not a static state, permanent once won; rather it is a process — a precious goal that many before us have fought and died for and people continue to do so today. Freedom is a struggle that we are all called upon to engage in, not only for ourselves, but for everyone. We are not truly free until all are free.
The For Freedoms project puts forth new notions of freedom —Awakening, Listening, Healing, and Justice — all of which describe a process rather than a state of being. The poster I designed for this project is a graphic representation of the need to speak and be heard in order for freedom to grow. Stories sow the seeds of change.
La libertad se determina por el contexto. Cómo se percibe y se practica depende de quién se es, de la sociedad y las estructuras ambientales que se habitan. La noción de libertad que tengo, como persona privilegiada, es muy distinta de la que tiene una madre migrante en la frontera, un joven negro cuando sale a correr, una estudiante bajo el régimen talibán e, incluso, un río usado como vertedero industrial.
La libertad no es un estado fijo, ni se hace permanente al lograrla. Es más bien un proceso, una meta preciosa por la que muchos antes que nosotros han batallado y muerto y por el que la gente sigue luchando hoy. La libertad es una búsqueda que exige los esfuerzos de todos, no solamente para el bien propio, sino también de los demás. No somos verdaderamente libres hasta que todas las personas lo sean.
For Freedoms expone nuevas interpretaciones sobre la libertad: despertar, escuchar, sanar y buscar justicia. Procesos en vez de estados. El póster diseñado para este proyecto es una representación gráfica de la necesidad de hablar y ser escuchado para que crezca la libertad. Las historias siembran las semillas del cambio.
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