Learn from fire

For some, an artist possessed of a dark genius, for others a vulgar henchman of Pinochet's secret police; Anyway, a character who crossed poetry, performance and avant-garde visual arts with his crimes during the military dictatorship in Chile.

Through the analysis of his work, the archive and the testimony of Jaime Rivera (who was his teacher at the School of Fine Art), Colectivo Pierre Menard will try to follow the footprint of Carlos Lehman, describing who until now had only been known as a product of the literary imagination of Roberto Bolaño, but whose work—not at all fictional—opens questions about the ethical and legal limits of artistic production.

Address: Italo Gallardo | Dramaturgy: Tomás Henríquez | Performance: Heidrun Maria Breier and Tomás Henríquez | With the participation of: Jaime Rivera | Musical Creation, analog image and live music: Roberto Collío | AV Technician on scene: Patricio Poblete | Comprehensive Design: Pierre Menard Collective | Paintings: Jaime Rivera | Sound design and engineering: Jorge Silva | Theoretical advisor: Iván Insunza | Photographic record: Enrique Farías | BCN Registration: Gonzalo Dalgalarrando | General production: Francesca Ceccotti.

This project is a co-production of Colectivo Pierre Menard, Fundación Santiago Off and Espacio Czechoslovakia, with the collaboration of Nau Ivanow, InTeatro Villa Nappi, Teatro Nacional Chileno and Balmaceda Arte Joven.