Group exhibition and publication
Depresiones Intermedias
Parque Cultural Cerro Carcel, Valparaíso
September-November 2015
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Installation view. Depresiones Intermedias
Site-specific installation Antofagasta Plc., Stop Abuses!. consisting of: a 1x2m wooden table; five photographs; a four-page document published by United Nations explaining the violations of the water rights and security of the communities of Caimanes by the mining company of Los Pelambres; and lastly, a 60 page bound book consisting of a report on the 603 tailings in Chile, published by Sernageomin. These factual materials were presented at the same height as the photographs so as to be examined by the viewers.
This group exhibition was curated by Rodolfo Andaur, and was centred around the notion of ‘Depresión Intermedia’, an expression which denominates the Chilean transverse valleys, a group of valleys in the semi-arid north of Chile, which ‘transverse’ the country from the Andres Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. The exhibition theme explored different artists’ approaches to this geographical configuration, with an emphasis on works that address political, social and environmental issues.