As in other Latin American countries, post-avant-garde artistic practices in Chile suffered the impact of a ferocious dictatorship. Forced to resist censorship and prosecution, they were often connected to positions of political dissent, showing a desire to reclaim public spaces and involve spectators in the production of meaning. Despite these difficulties, artist publishing under Pinochet underwent a period of extremely rich experimentation. Examining the period following the advent of democracy, this essay analyses some examples of artistic initiatives from the so-called \u20181990s generation\u2019: publications by the collectives Jemmy Button Inc. and Muro Sur, and one of the works by Voluspa Jarpa, who was a member of both groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As in other Latin American countries, post-avant-garde artistic practices in Chile suffered the impact of a ferocious dictatorship. Forced to resist censorship and prosecution, they were often connected to positions of political dissent, showing a desire to reclaim public spaces and involve spectators in the production of meaning. Despite these difficulties, artist publishing under Pinochet … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[48,58,60],"class_list":["post-4191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-texts","tag-artists-publications","tag-latin-america","tag-women-artists"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t