50 years GAM building
During 2022 GAM commemorated half a century of the building with innovative artistic actions and in-room programming. On Sunday, April 3, the UNCTAD 360º Project was launched, the Mural of the embroiderers of Isla Negra was unveiled, and a tribute was also made to the key people in the design and construction of the original building such as Miguel Lawner, Irma Cáceres, Hugo Gaggero, Eduardo Martínez Bonati and the artists of the collection.
UNCTAD 360
A virtual reconstruction of the original building, where the public will be able to live an immersive experience in the building, walk its corridors and encounter the lost works of art.
Developed by David Molina. ConectaArt
Mural of the embroiderers of Isla Negra
Emblematic work that disappeared 47 years ago, and after a restoration, returned to the GAM to be exhibited to the public for free. One more piece that is now part of the heritage art collection that the building houses.
Book
An edition that takes a tour of the history of the building and the social meaning it has had, in constant dialogue with the citizens. A book with more than 200 pages that collects anecdotal data, stories, photographs and interviews with architects, artists, communities and the public from 1970 to 2020.
Tribute
“It is an emblematic date for us because we celebrate the construction of one of the most iconic buildings in Santiago, modern architecture. It played a very important role in history and opened with more than 40 functional works by Chilean artists. Today that legacy is maintained, in an open space for culture and people, with the recovery of the original art collection and a sense of citizenship linked to the place where we are located.”
— Felipe Mella, executive director of GAM.
Protagonists 50 years building
Interviews with some of the architects, artists and workers who participated in its construction and works of art.
Press selection
Artistic programming
Audio guides
An interactive application on mobile devices to connect citizens with the history of GAM. It will be in various languages, narrated by announcers such as Claudia di Girolamo and Tere Hales. It contains support in videos of some routes with interpretation in sign language and a version specially designed for girls and boys that was worked on with the Teatro de Ocasión company.
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“The building that was built with UNCTAD III today is more than a physical space, it is a symbolic construction on a living territory. The GAM would not exist without the programmatic inspiration that it has found in the memory of a people, in the voices of a citizenry and in the continuous legacy of its workers in so many areas, including the world of culture.”
— Pamela López, director of programming and audiences at GAM.
How to remember a crime
An exercise in memory that interweaves performing arts, architecture, design and sound art with individual and collective memories through site-specificity. Apr 24 to May 22.
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Bru or the Exile of Memory
Documentary theater by Amalá Saint-Pierre and Francisco Paco López about the life and work of the artist Roser Bru and the textile she made for the UNCTAD III building. Since May 24.
involuntary witness
Docu-reality that follows the gaze of an ordinary person, whose life intersects with the history of the building from its construction to the present as GAM. By the artist Arturo Cariceo. Since June 7.
