Santiago de Chile, first impressions:
Tiny cat and dog scrapping and playing together in square
Grates and wire mesh fences
Every surface painted
Pallets
Tile mosaic in surprise place
Sleeping on grass
merkén + orégano
Tu + yo
Shacks en route from airport made of pallets with horse tied outside
Running up overpass pushing vendor cart in one hand and bike in the other
Rio Mapocho choked in spots with shopping carts, tires
Car parts refabricated into mercado
Serpentine small streets jammed with traffic from marathon
Stream of impossibly bright pink running shirts
Corrugated metal roofs
Wild jade plants pushing up between sidewalk and building
Dancing everywhere: couples in the park, teen girls practicing a routine on the street with boom box, small groups using window reflections as mirrors to check their moves, two men locked in devastatingly erotic freestyle flamenco in Lastarria, juggler in the intersection outside Pablo Neruda’s house
Man with flying bird puppets attached to a long bent pole, swinging back and forth to activate them, spinning and flying
Street vendors in Lastarria: plastic animals spread on blankets, glassware, lapis and copper jewelry, antiques, clothing, pot cakes and “braunis”
Museo Violetta Parra: dedicated to the memory of musician, teacher, compulsive stitcher, papier mâche creator, garden lover, straw (bird) weaver — garden was inspired by her embrace of everything she did, no holding back (Was she just superconfident, was she good at everything, or did any of that matter? She did it. All.)
La rebelión de las brujas! Si deicides abortar confía en tu decision! Viva lxs que guerran al sistema!
Rio Mapocho, Santiago de Chile
Museo Nacional Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile
Hugo Marín, Pachamama, 1930, Museo Nacional Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile
Lastarria, Santiago de Chile
Museo Violetta Parra
Violetta Parra and one of her woven birds
Installation outside of the GAM, Santiago de Chile
Feminazi + amigxs, Lastarria, Santiago de Chile