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13.3.24

Projection: Heritage as an Activity

Ideas and strategies to address a challenging question of heritage and environmental responsibility will be discussed. Terra Ignota Forum proposes to conceive spaces as dynamic and adaptable fields with the power to regenerate and reprogram themselves in relation to those who inhabit them, emphasising the importance of exchange and participation in the creation and shaping of reality.

3 p.m. Tejidos orgánicos
Basket weaving with natural fibres and conversation – Elcira Hernández Walton, Claudia González (artists of the Yagán people) and Paula Urdangarín (Lawyer).
Location: Terra Ignota Forum Exhibition Hall. Faculties of Engineering and Science. UMAG. Av. Manuel Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas.

6 p.m. Conversation: Heritage as an activity.
Miguel Cáceres (artist), María Luisa Murillo (photographer), Nicolás Spencer (artist). Moderator: Ivan Flores (Philosopher, Director of the Institute of Visual Arts of the UACh),
Location: Ernesto Livacic Auditorium. UMAG. Av. Manuel Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas.

7 p.m. – Opening of the exhibition
In addition to the opening of the exhibition, there will be a performative activation of the Rocas installation.
Location: Terra Ignota Forum Exhibition Hall. Faculties of Engineering and Science. UMAG. Av. Manuel Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas.

14.3.24

Connection: Place and Place-Making

From geophysical and biological materiality to the history of human settlement, the entanglements of natural and cultural heritage will be addressed in the context of the Intercultural Contact Zone.

11 a.m. – Assemblage and fiction.
Participatory visit around possible new heritages by Miguel Cáceres and Aymara Zegers.
Location: Río Seco Natural History Museum. Juan Williams 012812, Punta Arenas.

3 p.m. – From anthropic to geogenic listening
Listening mediation – by Víctor Mazón Gardoqui (artist) and Florencia Curci (artist).
Venue: Terra Ignota Forum Exhibition Hall. Faculties of Engineering and Science. UMAG. Av. Manuel Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas.

4:30 p.m. – Rocks/Oracles
A workshop linking terrestrial processes with the depths and variations of human perception, by Jacqueline Puratich (Geologist).
Location: Terra Ignota Forum Exhibition Hall. Faculties of Engineering and Science. UMAG. Av. Manuel Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas.

6 p.m. – Conversation: Place and place making
Fernanda Olivares (Selk’nam activist), Claudia González (artist of the Yaghan people), Gerd Sielfeld (Geologist), Jacqueline Puratich (Geologist), Leyla Cárdenas (Biologist, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences of the UACh). Moderator: Paula Urdangarín (Lawyer)
Location: Ernesto Livacic Auditorium. UMAG. Av. Manuel Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas.

7 p.m. – Presentation of listening workshop results
Location: Terra Ignota Forum Exhibition Hall. Faculties of Engineering and Science. UMAG. Av. Manuel Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas.

15.3.24

Encounter: Findings in the Inner Zone

Based on the archaeological findings in the interior zone in the TIF2023 expedition, a critical reflection on the opportunities for collaboration in the fields of art, science and civil society is proposed.

10.30 p.m. – Presentation of Terra Ignota Forum at the Punta Arenas 2024 Art and Science Meeting
Location: Claudio Paredes Chamorro Cultural Centre (Route 9, Punta Arenas).

15 h Non-invasive methodologies for scientific research
Interactions between humans and coastal dolphins with Jorge Gibbons (Zoologist, Instituto de la Patagonia, UMAG), Maan D’hamers (Marine Biologist), Sara Demartini (Marine Biologist)
Location: Terra Ignota Forum Exhibition Hall. Faculties of Engineering and Science. UMAG. Av. Manuel Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas.

4:30 p.m. – Guided Tour: Contact Zones
Introduction to the research processes, mediation archive and artistic works by the participants and curators of the exhibition.
Florencia Curci, Víctor Mazón Gardoqui, Nicolás Spencer, Carsten Stabenow
Location: Terra Ignota Forum Exhibition Hall. Faculties of Engineering and Science. UMAG. Av. Manuel Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas.

6 p.m. Discussion: Findings in the Inner Zone
Fernanda Olivares (Selk’nam activist), Claudia Augustat (PhD in Cultural Anthropology, curator at the Weltmuseum Wien), Nicolas Spencer, Robert Carracedo (Archaeologist), Alfredo Prieto (Archaeologist), Víctor Mazón Gardoqui (artist), Carsten Stabenow (curator and artist). Moderator: Florencia Curci
Location: Ernesto Livacic Auditorium. UMAG. Av. Manuel Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas.