Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.409.12.54
Object Name
Poster
Title
Chile Solidarity Campaign Presents Quilapayun in Concert for Chile
People
Quilapayun
Events
Chilean Coup
Date
1982
Description
Poster advertising a concert by Chilean folk group Quilapayun to raise funds and awareness for the Chile Solidarity Campaign.
The poster is A3 sized and yellow, with black writing and red imagery. The poster shows a musical group of seven men playing instruments, including tamborines, wind pipes, drums and a ukelele. The image is repeated twice on one line, and then again on a second line, but missing the final guitar player, and with two groups of three separated by textual information on the concert, which occurred in April 1982 in London.
Quilapayun were a folk group from Chile, who were influential members of the Nueva Cancion Chilena movement. Their involvement in the left-wing music movement forced their exile from Chile followin the 1973 Chilean coup. They spent the following years in France, whilst touring countries to raise awareness for the plight of Chile and Chilean refugees.
