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This publication consists of an investigation into some of the practices of historical memory carried out in Chile through Art in Public Space. To this end, it develops a conceptual and historical analysis that goes from the "Commemorative Statuary" typical of the new American republics of the early nineteenth century, to the "Memorial Monuments" developed during the post-dictatorship democratic governments of the early twenty-first century. This analysis focuses on two case studies in reference to the capacity of this type of production to generate "Historical Memory", allowing us to reflect in particular on the location of each of these pieces in the public framework and their repercussions at the socio-political, urban design and identity levels. The study pieces "Un lugar en la Memoria-Paine" and "Mujeres en la Memoria", from Santiago.
About the author
José Caerols, Santiago du Chili 1984. Il a étudié les arts visuels à l'Universidad Finis Terrae de Santiago entre 2001 et 2005 et se consacre depuis à la production artistique contemporaine. En 2016, grâce à une bourse du gouvernement chilien, il s'est installé à Barcelone, où il a suivi des études de troisième cycle à l'Universitat de Barcelona.
