SANTIAGO

Join us at Galeria Cima, located in the heart of Santiago, Chile. Camila Alegria and Federico Martelli from OtherNetwork recently sat down with Trinidad Lopetegui and Sebastian Rojas, the founders of the gallery. Later in the conversation, Trinidad and Sebastian were joined by Daniel Aguayo, a cultural producer based in Santiago and the founder of SPECIFIC.

During our discussion, we delve into the pivotal role the gallery played during the social unrest that swept through the city in October 2019, with the public square at the foot of their space serving as its epicenter. Leveraging makeshift technology, they initially observed, then recorded, and ultimately broadcasted the manifestations via their public social media channels. This landmark event brought new questions into the potential roles that independent art spaces could assume within a society facing diverse forms of pressure.

Some links related to this episode:

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estallido_social
https://www.voluspajarpa.com/en/
https://galeriacima.cl/en-vivo/

This episode is in Spanish and you can listen to it in Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Youtube.

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OtherNetwork is a project initiated by Cookies together with ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen. This Conversations series is generously supported by Between Bridges.

Produced by Federico Martelli & Colin Keays
Hosted by Federico Martelli & Colin Keays
Sound Design, Editing and Production by Jack Bardwell.
Music by Jack Bardwell.
Graphic Identity by F451 Studio

OtherNetwork research team includes Abraham Tettey, Samantha Modisenyane, Camilo Quiroga, Camila Alegría, Matheus dos Reis.