Exposition Entre Lineas / An archeology of the contemporary
7. November – 5. Dezember 2019 16:00 – 20:00 Uhr Galerie AFA Av. Providencia 1614, Piso 2, Santiago, Chile
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Entre líneas
At first, the many, mostly small objects look homogenous, gray and still. As you approach the exhibits, their collaged newspaper surface appears restless, black-and-white, and irregular. Observing attentive it turns out that the supposed packaging is the substance itself of the works, which consist of nothing but an empty shell. Numerous objects reproduce everyday objects, …
Ama-gi
It is believed that the first symbol that represented the concept of freedom or liberation was written around 2300 BC. on a clay tablet, in Lagash, today Tell al-Hiba, in Iraq. It is the Sumerian word Ama-gi, which literally translated means “return to the mother”. The inscription corresponds to the time when Urukagina assumed power …
Geometria Corporal
3 works of 24 x 18 cm 5 works of 20 x 30 cm 10 works of 24 x 30 cm Formerly it was thought that hair was the seat of the soul … Hair and geometry are united, just as everything is united with everything in the universe. Hence the name Body Geometry that …
Distopía
In medicine it is a pathology. It is a negative utopia, where reality runs in terms antagonistic to those of an ideal society. They are closed or claustrophobic spaces. A dystopian scenario is performed, alluding to different spaces where this condition takes place. Inspired by the peep shows (the Miroteca), the pieces of domestic employees …
La Tarjeta
After World War II several credit cards appeared. In the 50s Diners Club Card came out, which was accepted by several shops. And so the story continues until today. The word credit comes from the Latin verb credere (believe), we believe religiously in this card! The economic model and with it, the credit card and …
Este es mi cuerpo
A black cloth covers a white cloth, both of them cross horizontally the columns of the Museum of Contemporary Art building. I hang myself face to one of the columns; when I’m at heights I cut the threads that hold the black cloth, uncovering the white cloth with the phrase “This is my body” on …
El Despojo
With the former residents of Villa San Luis: María Caceres, Antonieta Miranda, Ximena Salinas, María Aravena, Jovita Sandoval, Graciela Gómez, Adela Bustamante, Jimena Mendez, Bernarda Reyes, Miguel Manríquez, Mirna Parada, Olga Rojas, Aidé Contreras, Rosa Vargas, Olga Barriga, Margarita Monges. Neoliberal expropriation, urban devastation, architecture of destruction, eviction, dispossession are concepts, we have observed in …
El mar, la calle y las sillas
This work consists in a large format installation that uses the city and its history as a starting point. The habour of Valparaíso retains a dark memory, sealed in implacable pacts. This is the starting point of this work, a reflection on the brutal secrets that the sea contains beneath its waves: the horror of …
Installation La Torre Vive
Beyond the cement, the iron structures, the retaining walls of this building, I was interested in investigating the spirit that animated and promoted this construction, an emblematic building. From his story I was moved by the passion that shaped him, as part of an ideology that promoted human development and fundamental rights, … subsequently violated, …