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Argentine Textile Artist

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In 2018, Marina Vidal spent six months living with Mapuche weavers in the foothills of the Andes near Neuquén, not as an observer but as a learner bound by reciprocity, she taught natural dye techniques using Patagonian lichens in exchange for mastering the double-weave 'trama de memoria' that encodes ancestral land boundaries. Her breakthrough series, 'Ríos Tejidos', maps hydrological shifts in the Salado River basin through warp tension and undyed wool gradations, each centimeter of fabric calibrated to satellite elevation data from 1973, 2023. Unlike textile artists who reference indigenous motifs decoratively, Marina treats pattern as palimpsest: she overlays Quechua khipu knot logic with GPS coordinates of vanished glacial lakes, embedding climate grief into structural integrity. Her looms are modified with brass calipers adapted from Buenos Aires metro blueprints, merging urban infrastructure precision with rural hand-tension traditions. This isn’t fusion, it’s forensic weaving: every piece is a tactile archive where geography, memory, and resistance are held in tension.

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  • “How did your time with Mapuche weavers change your approach to warp tension?”
  • “What’s the story behind the undyed wool gradient in 'Ríos Tejidos'?”
  • “Can you explain how khipu logic translates into your warp calculations?”
  • “Why did you adapt metro calipers for your loom instead of using traditional tools?”

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What materials does Marina Vidal exclusively source from Patagonia?
She uses only three native fibers: guanaco undercoat harvested during molting season (never sheared), coir from coastal kelp washed ashore near Comodoro Rivadavia, and hand-spun sheep’s wool dyed exclusively with lichens like Usnea barbata and Xanthoria parietina, species she monitors annually for pH shifts indicating soil acidification.
How does Marina Vidal’s work engage with Argentina’s 2006 Indigenous Law 26.160?
Her 2021 installation 'Tiempos de Línea' was commissioned by the National Institute of Indigenous Affairs to visualize land restitution claims. She translated cadastral survey documents into woven bands where thread count per inch corresponds to hectares contested, and color shifts mark judicial delays, displayed in federal courts as evidentiary textiles.
What role does the city of Rosario play in Marina’s textile practice?
Rosario’s abandoned textile mills provide her primary loom frames, she salvages iron chassis from the former Siderca factory, welding them with river-polished stones from the Paraná. The city’s industrial decay informs her 'Fábrica de Ausencias' series, where missing threads replicate rust patterns on mill walls.
Has Marina Vidal collaborated with any Argentine geologists or cartographers?
Yes, since 2019, she’s partnered with Dr. Elena Márquez (CONICET) to convert seismic data from the Andean subduction zone into rhythmic shuttle movements. Their joint publication 'Tectonic Weft' details how tremor frequencies dictate beat counts in her 'Subducción' tapestries, making geological time legible through tactile rhythm.
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