Unravelling the thread from colonial England to Uruguay in Monica Perez’s...
In her latest project COST, Monica Perez unravels the thread between England and Uruguay, exploring the raw wool trade and the displacement and erasure of Indigenous communities.
Desierto Vestido: a territorial solution to the environmental effects of fast...
In northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, Alto Hospicio has become a dumping ground for the world’s fast fashion waste. Mountains of unsold clothes from Europe, Asia, and North America pile up, creating toxic conditions. A local youth collective, Desierto Vestido, is fighting to expose the crisis, demand accountability, and develop circular solutions.
Photo-Rituals for Disappearance: elegies to the disappeared
In this interview with LAB’s Linda Etchart, artist Marilene Ribeiro explains the inspiration behind her recent projects rooted in humans’ relationship with the earth....
Bolivia Burning: ‘We are on the edge of a precipice’
In a record year for forest loss across the tropics, more than a fifth of all the primary forest destroyed in 2024 was in...
Colombia’s ‘Just Transition’ from coal to wind and solar
Once the centre of coal mining in Colombia, La Guajira now finds itself at the heart of Colombia’s climate goals, which are some of the most ambitious in the world. But what does this mean for the people who live here?
Visions from the Amazon
Visions from the Amazon aims to offer a glimpse of how the Amazon is not a singular entity but a region of immense diversity shaped by a complex interplay of legal, hydrological, geological, and ecological boundaries,. Thus, the artists and artworks featured in this exhibition are linked to different communities and regions of the Amazon in Brazil, offering varied perspectives that reflect both the cultural vibrancy of the region and the pressing challenges it faces today.
La Casa del Frente
A graphic novel by Adam Policzer describes his experience as a Jewish child in wartime Hungary and, decades later, his arrest in Pinochet's Chile. In each case he was saved by the courage and humanity of individuals who dared to resist: a quality the book celebrates.
Inside: prison poems from Argentina
A book of poetry by Argentine political prisoners from 1975-81, the period of the 'Dirty War'.
The undeclared project to silence the Amazon
In the early hours of Monday August 12, silence fell on the Amazon. Márcio Souza, writer, dramatist, director, novelist, 'emperor of the Amazon', passed...
Honouring Indigenous resistance in Totonicapán: interview with Maya K’iché exile Lucía...
Maya K'iché activist Lucía Ixchíu tells the story of her path to political activism, creating solidarity among diverse Indigenous communities in Guatemala; and her life in exile
