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A statue of the famous dog of the demonstrations, the “Negro Matapacos” (2009-2017), was installed by a helicopter in the center of Plaza Baquedano, in Santiago, to replace the homonymous military man in the roundabout; General Manuel Baquedano. A complete squad of Carabineros, present to protect the emblematic place, did not react to this situation, but not because they were busy or distracted, but rather it was a digital intervention that could only be seen from the eyes of Galería CIMA.
“This action is proposed as a visual and reflective exercise on our relationship with monuments and the possibilities of transformation of the new ‘Plaza de la Dignidad’, given the controversies that have been generated lately and that for us have clear points of origin: ignorance of history, and the lack of a sense of belonging to the public space. For this we believe that culture in all its expressions is fundamental, from popular language to academia, one of the sectors most unprotected by the State and that we believe is fundamental become aware, “they said today from the art gallery, in a statement about the artistic and digital intervention recorded in the broadcast on Friday, October 23.
“Our intervention yesterday is just one of the infinite possibilities that unfold to think about a space together and the origin of our monuments, which we invite to build collectively in the same way that we are doing with the constitution that we will begin to write, getting involved and participating “, they added from CIMA Gallery.
The group took the opportunity to refer to comments that have been made allusion, through social networks, about the financing of these actions. “And for this,” they add, “we emphasize that we are an Art Gallery, that we move in circles of sensitive, creative and talented people, and that we are capable of working for personal conviction when it comes to getting involved with the collective process.”
Having said the above, they stressed that as an art gallery, on this occasion, the team prefers to reserve its identity, ensuring that its work has been executed under the absolute collaboration and without money involved.
From Galería CIMA they finally affirmed that this is the only time they have inserted fiction in their transmission and they make it clear, according to the anonymously signed letter, “so that the veracity of the content that we have continuously propagated through social networks and our YouTube channel, and that it has been very useful for this historical moment in Chile. “
It is worth mentioning that yesterday there were not only digital demonstrations. As can be seen at the exact moment of the artistic intervention, a group of protesters came to the outskirts of Plaza Italia to demonstrate. However, there was a strong police guard that half prevented the concentration in the place since in the same way there were clashes in the surrounding areas, in addition to traffic cuts in the sector.
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