The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes hosted the launch of Hace diez mil veces éramos familia (Ten Thousand Times We Were Family), a book by Argentine artist Guadalupe Miles (Buenos Aires, 1971), sponsored by MEC (Museo en los Cerros) and edited by Julieta Escardó. The event drew a full auditorium and was led by the museum's director, Andrés Duprat, alongside the artist, artist and writer Tulio de Sagastizábal, the editor, and the book's protagonists: Isabel Ruarte and Okinaj Mendoza, members of the Wichí Santa Victoria II community.
The publication is a spare, lightweight paperback edition featuring 24 images and a text by Paraguayan curator and cultural manager Ticio Escobar. As the editor noted during the launch, the publication of a book represents only one possible reading of a body of work that cannot be exhausted, but instead offers a way of appreciating both a way of life and an artistic trajectory.
During the event, De Sagastizábal emphasized that language is not transparent but inherently ambiguous, and that words demand careful attention guided by curiosity. Isabel Ruarte, ceramic artist and widow of the shaman Tiluk—who opened the path toward a new dialogue with the community—stressed the importance of making space for people's emotional and spiritual lives. Okinaj, Tiluk's daughter, recounted her first encounters with Miles and how they recognized a spiritual portal within her from the very beginning.
Hace diez mil veces éramos familia is available through MEC (Museo en los Cerros) in Argentina.