jan 1, 2012 - Keiskamma Guernica

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A collaborative tapestry textile piece based on Guernica, which was designed by Carol Hofmeyr and created in 2010 by women from Hamburg and the surrounding villages in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The project provides employment for over 100 women. The Keiskamma Guernica is one of several large-scale textiles pieces the Keiskamma Art Project has created based on iconic Western art. The motifs and symbols used in it show a complex range of emotions which comes from witnessing and experiencing the AIDS crisis, taken from the lives of those involved in the creation of the piece. It is done in the same style as the original artwork, but instead of depicting the instant horror of conventional warfare, they reflect on the slow destruction of their community by the effects of HIV/AIDS, poverty, unemployment and a lack of government support. The artpiece was sponsored by the Keiskamma Trust. HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the body's immune system. If HIV is not treated, it can lead to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

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