Gas Leaks

Thirty-four artists worked to create works that integrated into a building. Its objective was to integrate functional art in a construction open to the people, handles that were works, artists that were workers. 

It was 1972 when the Unctad III building opened with these creations, among which was Gas Escapes, the imposing casino chimney created by the sculptor Félix Maruenda (1942 -2004). Six meters high, steel, beauty and usefulness that survived even the occupation of the Military Junta that renamed the building Diego Portales. But after the fire of 2006, the work left its place and has not returned to it.

The artist Bruno Salas researched for years and interviewed key figures to create this documentary that rescues the Maruenda sculpture. The film includes valuable material from the construction of the building during the government of Salvador Allende, its operation during the UP, during the dictatorship and from the 90s until the fire.

The special exhibition of the documentary, winner of the Audience Award for Best Film at Sanfic 2014 and the National Competition of the Iquique International Film Festival 2015, is part of GAM's will to support initiatives that rescue the history of the building in general and specifically its art collection.

Gas Escapes was released through the MiraDoc program in 2015 in 20 theaters in the country.