Break the chains of the past

The artwork represents the discourse and history of feminist post-colonial Latin America. It depicts a powerful woman wearing a boat as a hat with a broken anchor, symbolizing her connection to nature and how it protects us on our life journey. The artwork emphasizes that forgetting the colonial past is not an option and offers a possibility for a better future where the chains of the past and patriarchy are broken without being forgotten. For a long time, women were not recognized as active subjects in historiography, and the artwork indicates that overcoming colonialism and gender inequality are interrelated. The bird depicted in the artwork, a condor, represents sacredness, spirituality, the present, the future, as well as the journey between life and death, which is a central point of the worldview of indigenous communities in Latin America. The woman holds a plant in her hand, which represents her connection to nature and the process of growth and change.