The great French artist Christian Boltanski is in Buenos Aires...
On Friday, October 12th, at 1 pm, three works he imagined for Buenos Aires were simultaneously inaugurated. Invited by the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Boltanski is the star of the Proyecto Boltanski BUENOS AIRES, a performance made by many works which will be in exhibition till December 15th. I went to see the exhibit at the Hotel de los Inmigrantes, in Puerto Madero, and felt quite moved... It's mainly an experience in which the visitor is surprised, while walking, by more than 200 voices whispering, simultaneously and from different sources, in their local languages, the names, ages, dates of arrival and city of origin, all data extracted from the Immigration files. These whispers, together with the foggy atmosphere, barely lighted, introduces the visitor to a new experience which will connect him with his past...
It was unbelievable... So many feelings! I guess it's just what the artist was looking for. Boltanski lives in Paris, is a self-made artist and one of the most prestigious in the world. I was not able to go see the other two exhibitions: Flying Books, an homage to Borges at the former Biblioteca Nacional and Obras at the MUNTREF/UNTREF, in Caseros. To those who can, I strongly recommend the visit...
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