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Desaparecidos Políticos de Nuestra América,
Asociación Uruguaya de Artistas-Correo / SOLIDARTE, Montevideo, Uruguay, June 1985
Desaparecidos Políticos de Nuestra América,
Asociación Uruguaya de Artistas-Correo / SOLIDARTE, Montevideo, Uruguay, June 1985
Comment: This project serves as a crucial intersection between Mail Art and human rights activism in Latin America. Originally compiled by the Mexican group SOLIDARTE for the 1st Havana Biennial (1984), where it received a Special Mention, the collection traveled to Uruguay in 1985. The Uruguayan iteration was presented at the PIT/CNT local in Montevideo, coordinated by the Asociación Uruguaya de Artistas-Correo under the leadership of Clemente Padín.
The project focuses on the "Desaparecidos" (the disappeared), addressing the state-sponsored violence and forced disappearances prevalent under military dictatorships in the region. By using the Mail Art network, the organizers bypassed state censorship to create a visual archive of solidarity and denunciation. The publication includes works that utilize political iconography, such as the vulture (condor), barbed wire, and the silhouettes of the missing.
The project focuses on the "Desaparecidos" (the disappeared), addressing the state-sponsored violence and forced disappearances prevalent under military dictatorships in the region. By using the Mail Art network, the organizers bypassed state censorship to create a visual archive of solidarity and denunciation. The publication includes works that utilize political iconography, such as the vulture (condor), barbed wire, and the silhouettes of the missing.
