Medellin River
(2011 – 2013)
Cultural cart
Cultural activation device for the exchange of information and communication implemented to identify aspects of the sociocultural context and offer different forms of citizen participation by activating various micro-spaces in the city and creating awareness about the Medellín river and its basin as a spatial system. Its transformable nature has served as a methodology for various activations, both in Medellín and in other cities around the world.
Small Beach day
in June 2012 Along with the Deúniti group, we made an activation by the river that was ironic and provocative, but that also aimed to present a reflection about its importance for the Aburrá Valley, about how its role has been changing overtime and how inhabitants and institutions have turned their back on it.
Playhero night
Playhero night: activation carried out on August 2, 2012 in collaboration with the audiovisual production house El Squater, in which the aim was to intervene in the bicycle lane around the Plaza de Toros la Macarena, carrying out an improvisation session and audiovisual projection.
Cool zone
it was carried out in the sector of the bike path to collect information on the imaginary linked to the history of the river and to point out the potential uses of the countless surrounding green spaces, until then underused.
(2013)
Luminous Plankton
Activation carried out in the local context of the Medellín River, on the Guayaquil bridge, where the Third Paradise is installed, a symbol by the artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in which he redraws infinity by adding a third circle in the center and which represents communion and confluence between natural paradise and artificial paradise. The luminous symbol was presented as a call to the city to set its gaze on the river and re-signify it as an urban element with relevant potential for its cultural dynamics.This action was presented at the Louvre Museum, Paris, in the exhibition Annèe 1, le paradis sur terre, by M. Pistoletto.
(2013)
Staircase
Project carried out by the Dutch artist Su Tomesen as a result of her artistic residency at El puente_lab in Medellín, which consisted of a structure produced in “guadua” as a tower and staircase which culminated in the upper part with a luminous notice of the words Here and Now, installed with the aim of generating reflections on how this element of water that runs through the valley can use its social potential, its cultural and historical capital, and its inspiring capacity.
