Collaborative Print Folio Fiona MacDonald, Maria Madeira, Narelle Jubelin, Victor De Sousa
Elastic / Borracha / Elástico (2012 Timor-Leste Mobile Residency Archive).

Offset Lithographic Set printed by the artists with Big Fag Press, Sydney in 2014.
Installed double hung two rows of five -1240cm h x 230cm h each print 62.5 x 46.5 cm, unframed.
Document of informal meetings with weavers, builders and school children.

Elastic / Borracha / Elástico at The Cross Art Projects - http://crossart.com.au/archive/97-2014-exhibitions-projects/261-elastics-borracha-elastico-dili-darwin-sydney-dili-lisboa

Contemporary Art & Timor Leste - http://crossart.com.au/other-projects/contemporary-art-timor-leste

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Artist's Statement:

Elastic / Borracha / Elástico witnesses Timor Leste’s reconstruction through the eyes of four artists who travelled to eleven of the thirteen districts in a mobile residency in late 2012. The artists record everyday life and the inspirational work of women weavers and traditional builders whose resilient cultural upkeep subversively aided the forty-year liberation struggle. Their innovative work gives spirit and form to the challenges of rebuilding in a new democracy and one of the world’s poorest countries.

The title is taken from the universal collaborative children’s jumping game of Elastic / Borracha / Elástico and refers in English, Tetum and Portuguese to the ground-up rebuilding from scorched earth. It also refers to the zigzagging historical records, contesting geo-political points of view and the different generational experiences of the brutal four decades following Portugal’s de-colonisation of Timor Leste. Many truths have been told; many will remain untold.

01: Markets at Liquiça and Gleno District: Liquiça District: Ermera	02: Market at Gleno District: Ermera

03: Alberto De Cruz, Albertina Da Cruz, Terezinha Da Cruz, Domingas Soares District: Bobonaro Sub District: Marobo Village: Atuabe Celina Pinto (Por Timor) Carmelite Convent Sub District: Bobonar District: Maliana	04: Suai Loro Community District: Covalima Village: Holbelis

09: Anastacia Gama District: Baucau Sub District: Laga Village: Nunira	10: Girls playing Elastics Uma Lulik Buscaulari District: Baucau Sub District: Laga Village: Nunira

Open Archive No 3, No 4, No 5, No 6, 2014. Four short movies, duration 0:11:04. Video Production: Moon Cube Design

Open Archive 2, 2014. (Emilea Onzinda, Cecilia Baros) Inkjet print on archival paper, 50x300cm.	Open Archive 1, 2014. Inkjet print on archival paper, 50x300cm.

Elastic / Borracha / Elástico: Darwin <> Dili , duration 0:05:30.
Camera work by Victor De Sousa, Narelle Jubelin, Skye Raabe. Video edit by Fiona MacDonald & Moon Cube Design