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Regina José Galindo

Ríos de gente (Rivers of People)






Guatemala City, Guatemala





    
    






Ríos de Gente (Rivers of People), the second solo show by Regina José Galindo at the gallery, dedicated to Bernardo Caal, defender of the water, the earth, and of the rights of indigenous peoples.





Ríos de Gente (2021) was a collective happening led by Abelino Chub Caal and Regina José Galindo that remembered the places where a river once flowed, only to be diverted or polluted by the extractive industries that have stripped the indigenous peoples of Guatemala from their resources.





The Festival Libertad Para el Agua (Festival for the Liberty of Water) included the participation of over one thousand children, youth, and adults from communities that have been affected by the activities in mining rigs, hydroelectric dams, and single crop farming by numerous transnational enterprises that operate with impunity in Guatemala. In Ixcán (Quiché), Chisec (Alta Verapaz), El Estor (Izabal), Champerico (Retalhuleu) Monte Olivo (Cobán), San Juan Chamelco (Santa Rosa), amongst other places, people would scream: Liberty for the water, Liberty for Bernardo (Caal), We fight for life, We fight for water, Water is not merchandise, amongst other chants.





Produced by Maiz de Vida for the Freedom for Water Festival. Thanks to the support of Oxfam, Government of Canada, and Camino Verde.

            

            

                                    Other exhibitions by Regina José Galindo at Proyectos Ultravioleta: