On Tuesday 17 November 2015, neimënster will be opening an exhibition highlighting the threats faced by indigenous people in Brazil and Peru.
The exhibition, featuring photographs by Jorge Valente and Walter Silvera, depicts the issues that have arisen from globalisation and poorly controlled mining policy which have created challenges for ethnic minorities in these regions. The photos also illustrate the efforts and successes made by indigenous organisations to ensure the rights to their land and cultures.
The Bridderlech Deelen Foundation has been supporting native people in the Brazilian states of Goiás and Tocantins through training. In 2014, Jorge Valente, a photographer of Portuguese origin living in Luxembourg, visited the Xerente, Krahô, Kanela and Apinajé peoples to visually document their lives.
Meanwhile, the Action Solidarité Tiers Monde joined forces with indigenous people in Peru, sending Walter Silvera, a Peruvian photographer specialising in documentary photography, to visit the Kichuwa de Lamas people living in the north of the country, 1,400 km from Lima. Silvera is deeply attached to indigenous people, their histories and their traditions.
The exhibition, which will run from Wednesday 18 November 2015 to Wednesday 6 January 2016, has been organised under the European Year for Development 2015. Entrance to the exhibition is free-of-charge and is open every day between 11:00 and 18:00, apart from between the 24 December 2015 and 3 January 2016.
To register for the opening, which will take place at 18:30, e-mail contact@neimenster.lu.
Top photo by Jorge Valente; Bottom photo by Walter Silvera
