Of Bridges & Borders – Valparaíso – Chile Parque Cultural de Valparaíso (PCdV)
16 March – 26 May 2013
Opening: 16 March 2013
Of Bridges & Borders opens in Chile with the curatorship and production of KBB and Toit du Monde and the collaboration of the Parque Cultural de Valparaíso (PCdV)
Of Bridges & Borders is a multicultural project that has been presented between 2009 and 2011 in 20 different cities. This edition of Valparaíso involves art in public spaces in the city together with a program of talks and an important exhibition in the entire Cultural Park of Valparaíso.
Other activities take place as well, like: Performances, workshops with the participation of schools and students from Chilean universities, training and guided tours of the exhibition.
Invited artists
Aballí Ignasi (Spain) / Ai Weiwei (China) / Armas Marcela (Mexico) / Basualdo Eduardo (Argentina)/ Beltrán Erick (Mexico)/ Duville Matías (Argentina)/ Garaicoa Carlos (Cuba) / Garfield Peter (USA)/ Gygi Fabrice (Switzerland)/ Hernández Diango (Cuba)/ Hubard Séverine (France)/ L/B (Switzerland)/ Macchi Jorge (Argentina)/ Op De Beeck Hans (Belgium)/ Post Frédéric (Switzerland)/ Roeskens Till (Germany) / Steeger Patrick (Chile) / Vergara Rodrigo (Chile) / Yuan Shun (China)
Of Bridges & Borders presents works in the city, by the artists Séverine Hubard with the Coliseum in front of the Cultural Park, L/B in Cerro Monjas, Frederic Post with a ceremony that shifted from the cemetery to the plan (city downtown) and Fabrice Gygi with a sculpture in Plaza Italia.
Project collaborators in Valparaiso:
El Mercurio (Media Partner)
HP
Perrier
Volcano
Passol
Formac
Masisa
With the support of:
Pro Helvetia
Art Edu Stiftung
Toit du Monde
Sponsored by:
Swiss Embassy
Argentine Chancellery
Chilean-Swiss Chamber of Commerce
Directorate of Cultural Development of the Municipality of Valparaíso
