To
implement State terrorism in Argentina,
hundreds of buildings of quotidian
use were employed as centres of
detention, torture, death and
disappearance. Nonetheless, the
resistance to the dictatorship
and the struggle for Truth and
Justice have created or re-signified
some urban spaces that today are
symbols of the defence of fundamental
rights and the repudiation of
authoritarianism.
The Topography of Memory program
works to construct a public database
on the clandestine detention centres
and other urban spaces related
to State terrorism, to transmit
memory to future generations and
promote values of respect, pluralism,
and democracy. At the same time,
the program contributes to a reflection
on the history that we want to
tell and how we want to tell it.
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We gather
information on the historical
spaces related to State
terrorism. This information
includes documents,
testimonies and other
sources. |
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With the gathered
information we make
a documentary record
that contains reconstructions
of the buildings through
drawings, volumetric
representations, models,
and animations. |
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The result of the
work is turned into
a database with public
access. |
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We develop debates
and work conferences
to elaborate creative
and expressive proposals
that make “visible”
these sites. In this
way, the transmission
of memory in combined
with artistic production. |
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How We Work