El hilo de la memoria

An exhibition entitled Tejer con el hilo de la memoria: puntadas de dignidad en medio de la guerra (Knitting the Threads of Memory: Stitches of Dignity, Surrounded by War) toured Mexico over the course of three months and presented work by a collective of Colombian knitters, all women who had survived experiences of armed conflict. Through knitting they have both recounted their stories and denounced the injustices and violence they have suffered. The show was presented to knitters’ groups in Mexico City and the states of Chiapas and Guerrero; there were concurrent knitting and memory workshops as well as an audiovisual presentation. El hilo de la memoria is a documentary that follows the show’s Mexico tour in a reflection on the links that are woven between collective creation, creativity and the transformative potential of the reality inside spaces we share for knitting and storytelling.