275 días : sitio, tiempo, contexto y afecciones específicas
An architectural and art site specific Curatorial Project at National Performing Arts Center Gabriela Mistral, "Time, Context and Affective Disorders" by Paulina Varas and José Llano. The name of the exhibition, 275 days refers to the time period it was built between the years 1971-1972, the building currently recovers and where stands the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center in downtown Santiago de Chile. This figure symbolizes the collective spirit beyond ideologies and junctures, reflects that affects us collectively in the present and into the future. Also includes the recovery and relocation of all outstanding works of national artists from the original building built in 1972. It should be noted that along with incorporating new artwork - they deliver modern forms of conceptualization and appreciation of contemporary art - it takes a look at the past and the history of Chilean cities, recovering and making interventions coexist art from different periods, attributes the dynamics and evolution of public space. The curatorial project consists of the rehabilitation of the building Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral (that formerly Diego Portales and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) III). The project considered the permanent exhibition of the works of artists Mario Navarro, Leonardo Portus, Cristián Silva Soura, Colective TUP (Trabajos de Utilidad Pública) and the group of artists Nury Gaviola, Lotty Rosenfeld and Roberto Larraguibel. It also incorporates a 25 foot long wall will be added to the inside of the new Biblioteca de las Artes (library of the arts) of the CCGM, with the history of the building told through files, documents and various devices, a project coordinated by researcher David Maulin
Print Book, Spanish, 2011
Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile, 2011