pattie and i headed to san agustin (imagine an accent above the I) etla today to see the textile factory that had been converted into an art gallery space - not unlike the tate modern in london but on a much smaller scale. i had heard of this space last year but had forgotten about it until last night when alex and his friend pippa joined us for dinner and she spoke of it...and then i knew what i wanted to do for my last adventure here.
though we had no idea how to get there when we left here...so, after some poorly answered questions we finally figured out that we were needing a colectivo but not anywhere near where we were so...we hailed a cab and decided to spend a little extra and get exactly where we wanted to go. we wanted to go to etla - more specifically san agustin etla....problem was and is, there are a few etlas. more than a few. and even though we had said the san agustin part it still was cause for some confusion on our cab driver's part...and, as seems to be the way here, all well that ends well but sometimes it takes a while to get there - even if you speak spanish...
so, in the end, we made it and it was well worth the trip.
this decommissioned textile mill is truly a gem in the crown of this town and oaxaca. the work they have done - though, of course, i never saw it before the refurbishment started, i can imagine - an amazing job. the space is excellent. the only thing we found we didn't like was that while the space was and is great they haven't put much thought, seemingly, into the displays and how things/pieces work - or don't work - with each other...
the building is beautiful, the grounds are as well, yet, we were two of six people there today - at least while we were there.
after the textile factory - that's simply referred to as the elta cultural arts center - we walked down the road to another building that they use as a paper making studio. i had been reading recently how some of the people in the surrounding villages are often disappointed by the government's lack of advertising of and for tourist attractions and sights and today that was evident. the textile factory was hard even for our taxi driver to find, the paper mill we accidently found on our way out. the signage can be, and was today, awful.
i'm glad we went. home run that place. if you come down here you have to go there...
below...far too many pics from today.
garncarlos.
xo
ok...in no particular order...at all...
this outside wall had a great water feature.
a cool luchador piece.
outside the building facing southwest.
some old spools that used to be used for making the textiles.
i'm not sure but i think after looking at this was used for winding wool or ? onto the large spools.
more luchedor art.
a long shot of the top floor.
ok...new subject...this is a press they use at the paper mill for printing and embossing images onto the paper they
paper drying outside the mill.
the building they dry and sell the paper in. no sign. no directions as how to get there...
back in the taxtile mill. an overhead long shot of the top floor.
some old gear that was used to make cloth.
a meeting room in the building.
outside...duh.
shallow pools ouside the main floor. that have walkways around them that lead to and from the top floor.
reverse view.
front view of shallow pools. and old incinerator.
two shots of the bottom floor where they had a show on of some works on paper.
a beaded skull. i have one very similar.
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