Artist-in-the-Community Socially Engaged project with artist Silvina Sisterna and The Nepantla Collective

Launch 6.00 pm Wednesday, 12 June

Pop-up Exhibition Installation on show in the LightRoom, Photo Museum Ireland until 18 June 2024

Points of Encounter is an exhibition of the cumulation of work from The Nepantla Collective, a socially engaged initiative exploring the collective and individual experiences of Latin American migrant women in Ireland through photography.

Members of The Nepantla Collective include Silvina Sisterna, Ana Taly Sastre, Camilla Taurizano, Dania Russo, Laura Estefany Delgado Olmos, Lucila Severini, Luisa Hernandez, María Eugenia Salvador, Maura Tangara, Monica Sanchez, Rosana Lopez, and Victoria Verrastro.

The Nepantla Collective celebrates the transformative potential of photography as a bridge between communities. From its inception in August 2023, the collective has engaged in dialogical exchanges that promote critical thinking about the challenges faced as migrant women. The Collective offers participants the opportunity to reflect on their personal experiences of movement, change and the evolution of their identities in Ireland. The project empowers women to represent their narratives, fostering cross-cultural understanding and unity.

This new installation presents the Collective’s photographic experiences. Led by artist Silvina Sisterna, the project experiments with various photography techniques, including digital photography, moving images, and text. Through this creative process, participants critically examine issues of personal and cultural identity, representation, intersectional feminism, and subjective displacement here in Ireland.