1. The Biennial and the jungle. 2. Talking around the world

Abstract

In these two interviews, the first done in 2002 and the second in 2011, Mirta Demare analyzes her work planning refugee camps and speaks about the role art has in her life. Demare explains the problems suffered by war refugees, very different from those faced by people who are forced to leave their homeland because of natural disasters, and describes the creative process as well as the way in which the settlements work. Demare talks about her theoretical referents and tells about her work in Argentine cooperatives at the beginning of the 70s and her work around the world with international organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of the Red Cross, the European Union and the World Bank. She details the characteristics that a places needs to meet in order to receive refugees and the challenges implied in the maintenance of security, especially for the women.