This series of talks explores the possibilities and challenges of engaging with Latin America’s dictatorships and wars within the practice of art, architecture, and the museum. Bringing together contributions from Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires/Berlin, and Bogotá, along with the perspectives of students from the seminar “Art Practice and Political Violence: Transnational Perspectives from the Americas”, the series asks: What is the role of state institutions in commemorating historical violence? What power do artistic practice and social involvement hold for engaging with the ongoing effects of war?
Schedule
1:00-1:30 pm: Paula Honorato (Santiago de Chile/online): Conmemoration and the museum.
1:45-3:15 pm: Julia Mensch (Buenos Aires/Berlin): Continuity and critique in the practice of art.
3:30-5:00 pm: David Cabrera (Bogotá): Memory and architecture.
Organisation and moderation by Sebastián Eduardo Dávila.