UPCOMING EVENT – Geneva Peace Week 2025 / Erika González
In collaboration with Satellites of Art, the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform is pleased to welcome artist Erika González to Geneva Peace Week 2025 for a discussion on Peace through the Arts.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Erika González/Minotaura
Erika is a collagist, journalist, filmmaker, and feminist, deeply committed to women’s rights. Since 2017, she has been campaigning for the abolition of prostitution alongside the Belgian organization isala.
In 2022, she directed her first documentary “The Illusion of Abundance”, which highlights the fundamental role of women in defending territories. “The Illusion of Abundance” was selected for 130 festivals around the world and won 30 awards.
Her questioning of the place of women in society, as well as her research over the years, have provided the artist with the material for the creation of her collages, blending the intuitive with the rational, the personal with the political.
Erika González is part of a new generation of feminists who use the visual narrative of collage as a political manifesto. “Déchirures” and other series of collages can be seen on the Instagram account: @minotauracollage.
ABOUT HER ARTWORK
PROGRAMME 13-17 OCTOBER
Monday all day
Exhibition installation in charge of Satellites of Art
Tuesday to Thursday
Exhibition of Collages by Erika González (Colombia) accessible to all GPW Participants
Tuesday
09:00-10:30
Exhibition tour with the artist
13:00-14:30
Exhibition tour with the artist
Wednesday
09:00-10:30
Exhibition tour with the artist
13:00-14:30
Exhibition tour with the artist
Thursday
09:00-10:30
Exhibition tour with the artist
13.00-14:30
Documentary projection “The Illusion of Abundance” and panel discussion (tbc)
Friday
Exhibition dismantling in charge of Satellites of Art.
ACTIVITIES DESCRIPTION
ART EXHIBITION
The exhibition will take place at the GCSP (small conference room) on the 4th floor, Pétale 4.
Description
In collaboration with Satellites of Art, the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform is proud to host Colombian artist, filmmaker, and journalist Erika González at Geneva Peace Week 2025.
Deeply committed to women’s rights and social justice, Erika uses the medium of collage as a powerful visual and political tool to interrogate gender inequality, extractivism, colonization, and the commodification of bodies and territories. Her series “Déchirures” and other works explore the fractures, both visible and hidden, within our societies, blending the intuitive with the rational, the personal with the political.
Erika’s experience as a human rights advocate, her years of campaigning for the abolition of prostitution with the Belgian organization isala, and her leadership within the GRUPO SUR and EU-LAT networks inform a body of work that challenges power asymmetries and amplifies the voices of women defenders around the world.
In 2022, her award-winning documentary The Illusion of Abundance brought international attention to the struggles of women protecting land and life in Latin America. Her visual art continues this trajectory, evoking resistance, rupture, and resilience.
This exhibition invites audiences to reflect on the intersections of art, activism, and peacebuilding, highlighting how creative expression can serve as both testimony and transformation.
Follow Erika’s work: @minotauracollage
DOCUMENTARY PROJECTION “The Illusion of Abundance”
Thursday 16 October 2025 (date tbc)
13:00-14:30 (90 min)
Conference Center, Maison de la Paix
Description
What does it take to stand up to some of the world’s most powerful corporations? The Illusion of Abundance follows three extraordinary women, Bertha, Carolina, and Máxima, as they challenge transnational companies exploiting land and resources in Latin America. Though facing violence, harassment, and repression, they continue to resist with unwavering courage and clarity of purpose.
Directed by journalist, filmmaker, and activist Erika González Ramirez, this award-winning documentary brings to light the harsh realities behind the promises of development and progress. More than just a film about environmental degradation, The Illusion of Abundance is a story of global resistance, a portrait of women who refuse to be silenced in the face of modern-day extractivism.
Selected for over 130 festivals worldwide and recipient of 30 international awards, the film is a powerful testament to the strength of grassroots activism and the urgency of climate justice.
Join us for this special screening, held in the framework of Geneva Peace Week 2025, followed by a discussion with the director. The conversation, moderated by Katrin Imhof (Satellites of Art), will explore the intersections of art, advocacy, and resistance, and how storytelling can amplify the voices of those on the frontlines.
TEAM
- Katrin Imhof, Founder of Satellites of Art. Main Organizer of the event
- Lara Sutter, Curator and Organizer Assistant
- Erika González, Guest Artist from Colombia
