Himno Minero de Lota, a mural show
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
The painting you shall experience is a homage to the song of the miners local to Lota, the Chilean heart of coal, which for decades promoted the sustainable lifestyle of a woman’s desire to enrich her homeland with the growth of the entire country, as energy was supplied willingly by the mine in its harmonious interaction with humanity, the ocean, the local fauna, flora, and aesthetic concern.
LOTA will become one of thousands of painted canvasses that shall be sewn together into a quilt that will, for a peace-promoting event, cover the pyramids at Giza in love for the arts and life. This will also coincide with lining up of planets, impressing this cosmic event with good vibrations in the culmination of this twelve-year-long project set up by Joanne and Fouad Tawfilis. I have yet to learn the date of this festival, but following the quilting, the murals will go on tour through museums in the world, so if you can’t make it to Giza, you may still be able to see the artwork at your local museum eventually in 2010-2015 
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