street art in Valparaiso

a weekend off to visit the Andes and Valparaiso. Valparaiso is a city on the Pacific coast of central Chile only a 2 hour drive from Santiago.  It is Chile’s main port and is known for its bohemian atmosphere, numerous  funiculars on its steep hillside, colourful street art. It is designated a UNESCO World heritage…

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Ode to the Andean Cordillera by Pablo Neruda

Once again, from up high, flying over the sky, you appeared, white and obscure cordillera of my homeland. Before then, the great airplane crossed great seas, jungles, deserts. Everything was symmetry, everything was ready on the earth’s surface, everything from above was path, until, in the middle of heaven and earth, your planetary snow lodged…

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Theo Jansen in Santiago

During our stay, Theo Jansen  visited Fab Lab U. de Chile and met with people there, discussing their ongoing projects (including ours!) and answering our questions on the future of the arts and the artists’ responsibility in a time of technological achievements and also world changes. Theo Jansen presented his work later in the week…

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