Opening: Friday November 3rd 7pm
Dignity is as elusive as smoke and as fleeting as ice. Dignity as a collective term or as an individual mantra. Dignity of a politician, dignity turned into a monument, dignity lost in a forest of dignities. Dignity longed for by a people, dignity turned into something unusual. A word that has grown strange and disturbing: what should not be there manifests within its meaning.
The whole thing is indeed strange here, in the wrong way and the wrong place. A scene from an eerie tale – a fable of the destruction of both our natural and social environment and even of our relationship with the real.
How can dignity find expression in an art space? This is not a simple question. It is about thinking of its absence, its conveyance through a mass, and the transformation into a verb, into action. Erandi Adame, Pamela Ipinza, Simón Jara and Daniel Reyes León undertake the challenge and invite the spectator to activate and re-elaborate this word, for which many have sacrificed their lives.
To make it a work for everyone. In Chile, dignity has been expressed on paper, in front of a microphone, with stones and in hiding, whispering and screaming. Now the opportunity to achieve it through creativity may help to shed light on it, strip it of its uncomfortable attire, and redefine it according to the ideals of each individual.
Juan José Santos
