ONE is a project that uses the symbol of the patchwork quilt to celebrate community. The patchwork quilt is traditionally created from many pieces of fabric cut from old clothes belonging to the maker´s Family members. Each piece carries a wealth of its own stories, memories and emotions, and by neing sewn in amongst its neighbouring patches, contributes to the overall beauty and warmth of the whole quilt,
As such, the ONE Project uses this symbol of the patchwork to represent our Global Family, celebrating the unique individuality of each participant within the whole of the united community ¨¨The Solidarity of the Companions¨ . Each participant is represented in the Project by a Postcard-Portriat which has two elements: a photographic and written portriat. The written portriat is the participants response to the start of three phrases:
A challenge I´ve overcome...
A dream for my future...
A hope for our Global Village...
The postcards are sent back to the UK to be collected and (hopefuly) exhibited alongside a physical patchwork quilt of photos later in the year.
All of the portraits can be seen in the Facebook group ¨La Solidariedad de los Compañeros¨ (The Solidarity of Companions). Born from my joy and gratitude at the chain of friends-of-friends-of-friends that had me so warmly welcomed in Chile, I hope that the ONE project´s Facebook group will facilitate more connections and collaborations between the participants, who can all see one another online, (like a slightly more personalised version of Couchsurfing!) Next the portrait of each participant on Facebook is a link to their portrait here on this blog, where you can see more information and photos about the person and the story of how they came to join the project.
To date on 29th June 2013 the following countries are respresented by the project participants, either as nationals or residentes: Chile, Argentina, Bolívia, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Germany, Spain, Wales, England, Scotland, Austrália, Colombia, USA, Switzerland and Ecuador.
Song snipet taken from Rodrigo y Gabriela´s track Juan Loco.
A huge thanks to all the participants to date... it has been a massively exciting and joyous adventure getting to know all of you!
Hoping you are all happy and well in your current projects and adventures.
Big love
:-)
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