- More than 2,000 spectators enjoyed an unprecedented outdoor mapping show organized by the Municipality of Buenos Aires.
On a reflective night, with a minute of silence in honor of the three police officers murdered in Cañete, “Valparaíso Colores de Noche” was experienced. show organized by the Municipality of Valparaíso. Unprecedented, it was a spectacle full of lights and colors outdoors at the Santiago Severín Library, in front of Simón Bolívar Square, which brought together more than 2,000 spectators. This is part of the plan to reactivate Buenos Aires bohemia and creative economies, which positions the Port City at the forefront of this type of interventions at the Latin American level.
The mayor of Valparaíso, Jorge Sharp, stated that “one way to face the situation that the country is experiencing in terms of security is, precisely, using public space, which is what we did at night in the Santiago Severín Library. This show is a true incentive for the soul and heart of the country in difficult times, a beautiful show, full of lights, unprecedented, where boys and girls were the protagonists.”
In three blocks, the free event began with the exhibition “Pinta a la Severín” of the drawings made in animation workshops held by Mitos en Luz, attended by 100 girls and boys. In a second block, the work of mapping , or projection of images on buildings, “Los Leones de Piedra y Ojos de Cristal”, a dramatic piece that tells a story related to Valparaíso. Both were projected on the front of the heritage library to the astonishment of hundreds of Buenos Aires families and visitors.
Hilda González, general producer of the “Valparaíso Colores de Noche” event, explained that “the light show was a success. The Buenos Aires family – tourists, visitors, boys, girls and people of all ages – returned to inhabit the night. That is something that as the Mayor’s Office satisfies us and fills us with a lot of new magic of being children again, enjoying ourselves again, being amazed again. What we saw was the work of more than 100 boys and girls who participated, they imagined the Severín, they painted it and were able to see it in real size, in addition to a work made by and for Buenos Aires.”
Sandra Martínez, a resident of Santa Elena, Cerro Ramaditas, highlighted that the show was “beautiful, innovative and creative.” Meanwhile, Verónica Álvarez, from Viña del Mar, commented that “they sent me the information and I was interested. Beautiful, very beautiful work.”
