Priscilla and Gustavo, an award-winning Chilean-American writer, playwright and theater director, collected the pieces to be exhibited during the 70s and 80s in France when they travelled with their theater group, Teatro de la Resistencia-Chile, in tours throughout Europe and the North of Africa. “There are times in which the past can serve to inform us about the present and help us understand that there are moments in life when the artist cannot remain silent,” said Priscilla Gac-Artigas, Professor of Latin American literature at Monmouth University in New Jersey and Fulbright scholar. “There are times in which the past can serve to inform us about the present and help us understand that there are moments in life when the artist cannot remain silent,” said Priscilla and Gustavo Gac-Artigas, curators and owners of the exhibition, who will present a contextual and historical foundation for the works during the grand opening.Ĭontaining more than 100 pieces of photographs and artwork, The Other 9/11 is an exhibit that utilizes vivid imagery, exquisite detail, and artistic expression to capture the impact the Chilean military coup and regime had on society.īalmes 5 Chile August 1973. in The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts located at 3680 Walnut Street in Philadelphia. The opening event is September 11 at 6 p.m. The exhibit is titled “The Other 9/11- Memories: Geography of a Decade, Chile 1973-1983.” 11, 2018, at Penn’s Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 45 years to the day after the military overthrow of the government of Salvador Allende on Sept. On the occasion of the 45 anniversary of the military coup in Chile and within the frame of the Hispanic Heritage Month, the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) will host the exhibition of art and photography: The other 9/11 – Memories, Geography of a Decade – Chile 1973-1983Īn exhibit of art and photography documenting the terror and suffering during the Chilean military coup opens on Sept.
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