Photos: Andrea Aragón
“Para que nos recuerdes mejor”
“To Remember Us Better”
Guatemala, 2005
Five pairs of red high-heels shoes and cord
Dimensions variable
A group of artists from Guatemala organized this exhibition against the violence of women in Guatemala. It opened on the International Women’s Day, March 8th 2005 in the cultural district ‘Cuatro Grados Norte.’
The five pairs of hanging shoes represent and honor the 527 murdered women in Guatemala during 2004. As a point of reference, in 2001 there were 303 women murdered in the country.
It was installed on the balcony of the façade of the Centro Cultural de España.
Exhibition details:
“527: No somos un número. Artistas en contra de la violencia
contra mujeres”, Distrito Cultural ‘Cuatro Grados Norte’,
Centro Cultural de España, Guatemala
March 2005
Organized by artist Moisés Barrios
“In
Memoriam”