Art as Refuge: The Symbolic Transformation of an Electronic Installation in the Midst of Chile's Social Unrest | Zendy

Claudia Núñez-Pacheco | Zendy; Jorge Olivares-Retamal | Zendy

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Art as Refuge: The Symbolic Transformation of an Electronic Installation in the Midst of Chile's Social Unrest

Author(s) -

Claudia Núñez-Pacheco,

Jorge Olivares-Retamal

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

leonardo

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.254

H-Index - 23

eISSN - 1530-9282

pISSN - 0024-094X

DOI - 10.1162/leon_a_02033

Subject(s) - unrest , performative utterance , politics , social unrest , statement (logic) , visual arts , expression (computer science) , sociology , transformation (genetics) , media studies , art , political science , aesthetics , law , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , programming language

This position statement describes the transformation of an interactive installation from an instrumental piece of art and science pedagogy into a meaningful performative piece, which forced its creators to adopt a political stance in the light of a period of social unrest taking place in Chile beginning in October 2019. It describes how an apparently nonpartisan installation transitioned into a tool for political expression and refuge. It also allowed the artists to rethink their role in the community as facilitators of art spaces for self-dialogue.

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