X Latin American Congress of Antarctic Science +
XII Chilean Congress of Antarctic Research
From 28 July to 1 August 2025
During the last week of July, Valdivia will host the X Latin American Congress of Antarctic Science (CLCA) and the XII Chilean Congress of Antarctic Research (CCIA), two key events for scientific knowledge about the white continent. Both will be held at the Nahmías building on the Isla Teja Campus of the Universidad Austral de Chile and are organised by the IDEAL Centre, the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH) and the National Antarctic Research Council. The official inauguration will take place on Monday 28 July at 7pm at the Cervantes Theatre, and will bring together representatives from the academic, scientific and cultural world interested in the environmental dynamics of the southernmost part of the planet.
On this occasion, the transdisciplinary platform Terra Ignota has been invited to participate with an audiovisual intervention during the opening ceremony.
The video that will be presented brings together part of the artistic research work that Terra Ignota has developed in the sub-Antarctic territory, exploring the relationship between art, ecology and territory in one of the most fragile regions of the planet. Recognising Antarctica as the next threshold of expansion of the human project, the work invites us to reflect on the limits of habitation and contemporary modes of exploration. Terra Ignota’s participation is supported by institutions such as Public Science ANID, the IDEAL Centre and the Faculty of Arts UACh, consolidating its approach of crossing disciplines, knowledge and scales.
