FUNDACIÓN VÍCTIMAS DEL TERRORISMO 96 - ENGLISH

55 ASSOCIATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS and support. Painting, sculpture, print- making, photography, patchwork , poetry and music form this collection. Its name evokes brushstrokes in visual works and stitches in textile pieces, symbolising re- membrance created together. Since 2014, selections from the collection have travelled to several cities. The works represent different emotional stages: the impact of the attack, society’s response, personal recovery and commitment to remembrance. Art thus becomes a form of support and recollection. These two perspectives are joined by a third of particular importance: victims’ voices . Their testimonies help us understand that 11 March did not end when emergency operations concluded or television cameras disappeared. Its consequences remain in the lives of survivors, those who lost rela- tives and those who spent years facing te- rrorism’s physical and psychological effects. A JOURNEY TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING The exhibition is essentially educational. It begins by placing 11March within the con- text of terrorism in Spain and worldwide before 2004, then explains the four attacks. It next addresses the public response: demonstrations of condemnation and the many expressions of solidarity that emerged immediately after the tragedy. It then examines the judicial procee- dings and identification of those res- ponsible. The educational exhibition also includes other aspects necessary to understand the full significance of 11 March: the spread of lies, hoaxes and fake news , and their consequences for a deeply shocked so- ciety; prolonged grief and psychological trauma; and, finally, an in memoriam space dedicated to those killed. Visitors therefore encounter more than a chronology. They follow a journey beginning with the preceding context and extending to consequences that, many years later, still form part of vic- tims’ lives.