2021 GOALS

 In general, in my life I don't usually set goals for myself, I think this is a lot of modern, contemporary and above all capitalist society that imposes on us a lot of the image of life as a career, competition with others or even with ourselves, so I prefer to talk about goals and that I go about in a small way in order to achieve the things I want to do and they make me happy.

My main goal for 2021 is one that comes from 2020: my graduation from college. This goal was extended to 2021 due to the context of the pandemic, because I was supposed to graduate in November of this year, but it will finally be in April of next year. I would also like to be able to resume my work in clothing and textiles, to be able to generate a more stable self-management with this. Finally I would also like very much to be able to do my professional practice, however, I see it as very difficult in this context of crisis in the arts and theater or performing arts in general.

What I am most grateful for this year is having had the possibility of returning to my city and spending this period in my territory, with my family and trusted friends, something that a normal period would have been impossible due to the university. In addition, I feel lucky that during this time I have not lacked food nor have I had major economic problems, nor has anyone in my family become seriously ill.

Social Networks

 Before the pandemic, I was not so friendly with social networks, but rather I used them for academic, work, or for the dissemination of activities or news that I was interested in sharing. Today, in a pandemic, due to social isolation, I think I would have gone crazy without social networks, because through them I can communicate with my friends and family who are far away or I cannot see. I also think that they have served a lot to break the computer blockade that exists with the hegemonic press, something that has been more evident since the popular revolt. And without a doubt one of the best things that has increased today with the networks are the self-management works and virtual stores that have been able to grow only thanks to the diffusion. However, I think they have a lot against them too, because as they are formats we are just learning to live with they are misused for a lot of horrible things like sexual harassment, bad porn, pedophilia, among other things. I also find it horrible that these companies steal all our data and generate control mechanisms with it, producing more things to keep us addicted to technological devices. There is still much to discuss and learn from these new forms of communication.

UNCERTAINTY

The truth is that I have no plans when I finish my degree, I don't feel in a position to plan or project things in this moment of crisis, I can only concentrate on finishing college as best and soon as possible because I am already very very tired of being here. Until a while ago I had thought of taking out art pedagogy in order to be able to take classes, but it's not a decision yet, in the same way it's an option that motivates me a lot because it would allow me to share more easily all the artistic knowledge I've acquired in all these years. I think that outside of that, at least in artistic terms, I would like to be able to continue developing myself in stage design and the audiovisual area as an art director, as well as continue working in the trades that have given me self-management and economic support, such as my clothing fabrics. I am excited and very anxious to graduate soon, because I will be able to have more time to devote to personal interests that I have had to postpone, such as masks and muralism. However, I don't even want to think about projections because first of all I think the most important thing is to have to generate my economic income in any way.

MY FUTURE JOB

It's a little strange to talk about my future work when today I'm without any (hahaha). Well, I'll talk about what for me would be the most missed work: art direction. Since I was a child I was very keen on theater and personification, I always loved costumes and building realities in the Sims (hahaha). Then in my adolescence I was eager for the cinema and I began to study photography. When I started to study scenic design, I immediately linked my passions to art direction in the audiovisual field. I waited many years to be able to have my semester of audiovisual design or to be able to have a more palpable approach of that. Despite the fact that the media is super closed and elitist, I believe a lot in self-determination and collaborative and independent creation, so despite not having a paid job today of this, if I exercise it for love and creative need with friends with whom I share this taste. At the present time I am working on the art direction of a video clip for a musician from Concepción and I would very much like to continue investigating this work, creating the visuality and materiality of interdisciplinary projects, in which I can also share with different artists and technicians with impressive minds.

SOCIAL ISSUES IN CHILE

Since October 18, 2019 the life of many inhabitants of Chile changed, however, personally I feel that for me it was not so, because all that came with the process of popular revolt were issues that in my territory we had been working and discussing for many years. However, everything that came out of that day did generate a change in our daily lives, because, our what to do, our schedules and routines were completely turned over to the street. The truth is that in the closest context, in which a constituent process is installed, I feel super alienated from everything that is happening, because I believe that this process was an arrangement between the hegemonic political class in order to lower the density of the phenomenon that was happening in the popular class, tired of the abuse and historical exploitation, which unfortunately does not guarantee real changes, since once again they are the ones who set the conditions for what the people demanded. Today I continue to believe in the organization and territorial autonomy, and I continue to fight for the appearance of the children stolen from the SENAME, for the freedom of the political prisoners and justice for all those killed and mutilated in the popular revolt, things that none of the politicians who campaigned for the approval assured.

MY TIME IN PORTUGAL

In 2019 I traveled to Europe to present a student project to the Prague Quadrennial during the month of June. After that I stayed touring the continent for another month with my friend Yaraví. We never had a travel itinerary, because we didn't have so many resources, so we decided to see where we were going. We knew many places, some not very touristy or less renowned, among those we went to Lisbon, capital of Portugal. I think it was the most beautiful place I knew on the trip, it has a lot of street art, preservation of heritage culture and a lot of cultural exchange with immigrants, mainly Africans and Brazilians, with whom we shared most in that place. We walked a lot, went through ghetto-like neighborhoods, learning how people relate and live. Lisbon is a port city and has a great resemblance to Valparaíso, almost every afternoon we arrived at the top of some hill to see the beautiful sunset on the Tagus River. I really hope I can return and meet again the very loving lady who hosted us those days 💕