"PROGRAM FOR THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF CHILEAN ARTS: CHILE IN THE WORLD".

WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS PROGRAM, WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THE SUSTAINED WORK THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AROUND THE PARTICIPATION OF OUR COUNTRY IN THE VENICE ART BIENNALE IN RECENT YEARS. MANAGEMENT THAT SHOWS THE SUCCESS OF COLLABORATIVE WORK AND THE WILL OF STATE INSTITUTIONS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR. AMONG OTHER RELEVANT ACTIONS, WE CAN MENTION THAT IN MAY 2018 CHILE INAUGURATED ITS STAND IN THE XVI VERSION OF THE VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE, WITH THE PROJECT "STADIUM" BY THE ARCHITECT ALEJANDRA CELEDON, WHO FOCUSED HER WORK ON AN INVESTIGATION ON RHETORIC AND HOUSING POLICIES IN THE EIGHTIES, IN THE NATIONAL TERRITORY. IN JUNE 2018, THE CURATORIAL PROJECT THAT REPRESENTED CHILE AT THE 2019 VENICE ART BIENNALE, "ALTERED VIEWS", BY THE CHILEAN ARTIST VOLUSPA JARPA WAS ANNOUNCED WITH THE CURATORSHIP OF THE SPANISH AGUSTIN PEREZ RUBIO. IN THE AREA OF PERFORMING ARTS, THE PARTICIPATION OF A CHILEAN DELEGATION IN THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL STANDS OUT, WITH THE AIM TO PROMOTE THE INSTALLATION OF OUR COUNTRY IN FUTURE VERSIONS OF THIS MEETING. AT THE SAME TIME, A CHILEAN DELEGATION, FROM TEN DIFFERENT PLATFORMS AND COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS FROM THE REGIONS OF BIOBIO, LOS RIOS, LOS LAGOS, VALPARAISO AND METROPOLITANA, PARTICIPATED IN THE TANZMESSE INTERNATIONAL DANCE FAIR, IN DUSSELDORF, GERMANY. CHILE WAS ALSO THE FIRST LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRY TO BE A SPECIAL GUEST OF THE LANDSKRONA FOTO FESTIVAL 2018, IN SWEDEN. DURING THIS PERIOD, THE EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY CHILEAN ARTISTS WAS ALSO MANAGED AT ARS ELECTRONICA, A FESTIVAL DEDICATED TO ELECTRONIC ART AND MEDIA THEORY, WHICH HAS BEEN HELD ANNUALLY SINCE 1979 IN LINZ, AUSTRIA. THE MINISTRY ALSO SUPPORTED THE PARTICIPATION OF CHILEAN ARTISTS IN RADICAL WOMEN SAN PABLO. WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS MEETING, THE ARTISTS PAZ ERRAZURIZ AND CECILIA VICUNA GAVE A TALK AT THE PINACOTECA IN SAO PAULO, AND THE ARTISTS JANET TORO AND EUGENIA VARGAS PRESENTED A PERFORMANCE AT THE MUSEUM OF ART IN THE SAME CITY.

BY 2020, AND IN THE MIDST OF THE HEALTH CRISIS, WE CAN MENTION AS A RELEVANT MILESTONE THE PARTICIPATION OF CHILE IN THE ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL, AN INSTANCE THAT SEEKS TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE ARTISTS AND INSTITUTIONS WORKING AT THE CITIES OF ARS ELECTRONICA, AT THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD AND DIGITAL CULTURE, LOOKING FOR NEW SPACES FOR DIFFUSION, MEETING AND DEBATE. THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS TITLED "IN THE GARDENS OF KEPLER - A GLOBAL JOURNEY MAPPING THE NEW WORLD" AND INVITED YOU TO REFLECT AND WORK ON CONCEPTS SUCH AS AUTONOMY, DEMOCRACY, ECOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY, REALITY, UNCERTAINTY. DUE TO THE GLOBAL COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE CHILEAN PARTICIPATION IN THE FESTIVAL WAS HELD IN THE ONLINE MODE, WHERE INSTITUTIONS AND MEDIAL ARTISTS PRESENTED ARS ELECTRONICA GARDEN CHILE (THE CHILEAN GARDEN IN ARS ELECTRONICA). THERE WERE 5 VIRTUAL "GARDENS" THAT FUNCTIONED AS LOCAL VENUES FOR THE FESTIVAL, OPENING FROM CHILE TO THE WORLD THROUGH INSTITUTIONS SPECIALIZED IN MEDIAL ARTS, TO A GLOBAL NETWORK OF AUDIENCE, AND PARTICIPATION, TO PRESENT THEIR WORKS, INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND PROJECTS. IN ADDITION TO PROPOSING A PARTICIPATORY PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES, EACH INSTITUTION INVITED ARTISTS AND EXPERTS TO EXHIBIT A WORK THAT WAS PART OF THE PROGRAM AND OFFICIAL CATALOG OF THE FESTIVAL, AND SPREAD ON DIFFERENT OPEN BROADCAST CHANNELS. THIS YEAR, VERSION NUMBER 41 OF THE FESTIVAL WAS REMOTE AND THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORMS, WHICH REPRESENTED AN INTERESTING CHALLENGE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PANDEMIC. IT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT THE FACT THAT 5 OF THE WINNING ORGANIZATIONS, THERE ARE 2 THAT ARE FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS TO THE METROPOLITAN, THE AUSTRAL UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VALPARAISO, WHICH NOT ONLY EMPOWERS THE PROGRAM WITH DIFFERENT VIEWS, BUT BECAUSE IT ALSO ENGAGES US TO THE PRODUCTION OF ART AND KNOWLEDGE FROM THE UNIVERSITY WORLD. THE COORDINATOR OF THE CULTURE SECTOR OF OREALC/UNESCO - SANTIAGO, NICOLAS DEL VALLE, INDICATED THAT THIS TYPE OF INITIATIVES ARE THE EXPRESSION OF THE EFFORTS TO OPEN AN AGENDA ON CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION THAT LINKS THE SECTORS OF CULTURE AND SCIENCE THAT LOOKS TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.