Help Indira Urrutia replace the studio equipment stolen from her.

I’m Thomas, and I’m organizing this fundraiser for my friend Indira Urrutia, a Chilean-born artist who works with photography, sound, weaving and knitting, and social practice.

Recently, Indira’s backpack was stolen while she was delivering an artwork she had

made for a trueque, a trade in which she exchanged her work instead of taking

payment.

Indira supports herself on a very limited income, and she can’t replace this equipment on her own. What was taken had been built up over several years as part of her working studio:

• Her computer

• Her phone

• An external drive

• Sound equipment

• Other studio accessories

Replacing it today means buying current models or their closest equivalents at today’s prices, which are higher than what she originally paid.

Our $6,000 goal is based on the current cost of rebuilding the essentials she lost, not on upgrading.

In Indira’s words:

“I was rebuilding my website to finally bring years of research into my work. I’d just

gotten new sound equipment for my installation, and I was putting together video for future installations. All of that stopped, first from the shock of it, and then simply because I no longer had the equipment to keep going. It took me time to get to a place where I could ask for help.

Now I’m ready to do what I can to recover as much of this as possible, and I’m grateful for your support.”

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I will withdraw the funds and transfer them to Indira directly.

Thank you for helping put the tools back in her hands. You can see her work at

indiraurrutia.com