This week the cultural agenda of Valparaíso is activated in the former Buenos Aires prison, as it will have a varied and extensive program that includes a circus musical, dance works, exhibitions and a book presentation. Below we invite you to review each of these activities.
On Wednesday, June 19 from 6:00 p.m. The book will be presented in the Study Room “Sexual political violence and State terrorism in the civil-military dictatorship in Chile. The dark genealogy of neoliberalism (Lom Ediciones, 2023) by the author Jocelyn Maldonado Garay, who analyzes the recent history of the West regarding modern war conflicts, introducing the concept of sexual political violence, and then applying it to the context of the civil-military dictatorship in Chile within the framework of State Terrorism and the emergence of neoliberalism. This activity, with free access, is organized by the University of Playa Ancha through the Memories of the Resistance of Valparaíso Research Center and the PCdV within the framework of the “I Conference on Studies on Memories and Resistance.”
On Thursday, June 20 and Friday, June 21, at 7:00 p.m. at the Teatro del Parque and also with free access, the performances of the stage experience will be presented “Immersive Catharsis” by Pseudónimo Cía., a montage that invites you to experience the vitality of bodies surrendered to the ecstasy of dance; an ecstasy understood as the pleasure of deploying the powers of each subjectivity, but also as an action that resists paralysis in the face of the permanent state of alarm and the spread of terror as an instrument of political and social control. This work has a capacity for 76 spectators and is suitable for people over 16 years of age.
Continuing with the dance, on Friday, June 21 and Saturday, June 22, at 7:00 p.m. will be presented “Brute” of the Co. Amateur in the Studio Room, the entry value is $4,000, $5,000 and $6,000 in a pay-what-you-can format. This one-man show of contemporary dance, suitable for people over 14 years of age, is situated in the midst of a discussion about the body, its multiple states and possibilities. It is a proposal that invites us to question the hegemonic and colonial discourses on the aesthetic, the grotesque and the vibration. A work that resonates in the month of pride and diversity.
On Sunday, June 23, at 6:00 p.m., he will be presenting Carmen Lienqueo who was the voice of the group Mákina Kandela and who with her first LP won the PULSAR Award for best roots music album 2021. This time, with his second solo album “The powers” (W Producciones, 2023) arrives to present his new single, “The thread of my destiny”entry has a value of $5,000.
In terms of visual arts, the Carolina Agüero exhibition will be open until Saturday, June 22 “Way to my ancestors II” in the Laboratory Room and can be visited from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. And starting on Saturday the 22nd, the exhibition will be open to the public. “Ex-Prison Archives. Popular propaganda posters.
The executive director (i) of the PCdV, Erick Fuentes GóngoraRegarding the weekly programming, he commented “The variety of activities that take place in the Cultural Park reflects the different vocations it has, as well as the programmatic link it maintains with different communities. Therefore, it is not surprising to present two contemporary dance works, one about the complex condition of inhabiting the present of our societies and the other about its diversities in pride month; also the launch of a book linked to women’s memories and human rights; as well as the presentation of an artist with a song closely linked to the new year of the native peoples. “We invite you to come to the Ex-Prison and experience all this and more.”
