Hundreds of Brabant residents create gigantic tapestry about slavery

Hundreds of Brabant residents create gigantic tapestry about slavery

Image courtesy Textielmuseum/Textile Lab It’s 35 metres long, 2.5 metres high, and designed by Eindhoven artist Victor Sonna: a gigantic tapestry that tells the story of slavery in our province. More than 750 volunteers worked on it for months. “It’s not only beautiful,” says creator Ricardo Burgzorg, “but creating it also raised awareness and created a bond between people.” According to Ricardo, the colonial slavery past isn’t just a story of …