PROJECTS
Arde
Proyectoarde.org is a digital platform created in 2017 that houses an archive of artists’ creative processes and cultural practices for research, education, and enjoyment purposes. We provide access to digitized documents -photos, videos, graphic material, sketches, and audio, among others- in the framework of an open, free, and public domain. We create specialized content -documentary clips, interviews, texts, and graphic material- that invites reflection on the arts, archives, and communities to bring together diverse audiences with the voices and documents of artists and creators. Some examples of our research include:
-Huellas de creación: archivos de procesos creativos de compañías teatrales chilenas contemporáneas / Footprints of creation: archives of contemporary Chilean theater companies’ creative processes (Fund for the Promotion of Arts and Culture in Chile Fondart 2021)
-Archivos de exilio: tras la huella de un material patrimonial de las artes escénicas chilenas en Costa Rica / Archives of exile: in the wake of heritage material from Chilean performing arts in Costa Rica (Fondart 2022)
-Huellas Mujeres: colección de archivos de mujeres de las artes escénicas en Chile/ Footprints of creation, territories, and trades: collection of archives of women in the performing arts in Chile(Fondart 2021)
-Teatros y juventudes en dictadura / Theatre and youth in dictatorship (Fondart 2022)
-Los archivos laten-Desarrollo de contenidos digitales sobre archivística / Archives pulsating: Development of digital content of archival science (Fondart 2022)
Services
Museum of Pre-Columbian Art
Santiago de Chile (2023-2026). Support in the development of the museum’s audiovisual archive, through the service of documentary description with metadata in accordance with international digital management standards. The work is focused on ensuring the preservation and access to the heritage safeguarded by the institution.
University of Valparaíso
Valparaíso-Chile (2023). Support in the archive management, inventory, digitalization, and description of documents for the project that values Myriam Espinoza Vergara’s work and her 50 years of dedication to the social theater in Valparaíso. Project from the University of Valparaíso led by researcher Maritza Farías.
Women in Exile
Berlin, Germany (2023). Consultancy for the creation of the Women in Exile archive, an organization founded in Germany in 2002 by refugee women. Team training through a series of workshops and the production of specialized materials. The workshop “Women in Exile: between resistances and affects” was developed in the framework of the lecture series “Antirrassistische Kämpfe versammeln, archivieren und aktivieren” [Gathering, archiving, and activating anti-racist struggles] held at the Hau Hebbel am Ufer cultural center in Berlin.
Poloc NGO
Santiago, Chile (2024). Documentary gathering and background writing for the formulation process of the Performing Arts Cultural Policy 2025-2030, led by the Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage of Chile.
University of Buenos Aires UBA
Buenos Aires, Argentina (2022-2023). Development of the course “Archivo y prácticas artísticas latinoamericanas” [Archive and Latin American artistic practices] for the Philosophy and Arts Faculty of the University of Buenos Aires, online format.
Exhibition “Cabinet of curiosities” GAM
Theater companies
–La Pieza Oscura, Santiago, Chile (2025). Design and management of the digital collection of the company in commemoration of its 33 years of experience.
–Circo Virtual, Santiago, Chile (2025). Advisory in managing the general inventory of the company’s archive, guidance for the first stage of the archival plan, and writing a critical article about the process.
–Tryo Teatro Banda, Santiago, Chile (2024). Management of the digital collection “Tragicomedia del Ande” for the project “Archivo Tryo Teatro Banda 20 años” [Archive: 20 years of Tyro Teatro Banda]. Archival consultancy, support in document description and creation of the public domain for this prominent Chilean theater company.
–Teatro Niño Proletario, Santiago, Chile (2022-2024). Development of workshop “El carácter generativo de las memorias artísticas: acción y reflexión a partir de archivos de creadores” [The productive nature of artistic memories: action and reflection on creators’ archives] for the virtual school of the theater company Teatro Niño Proletario (2022-2024).
–Teatro Periplos, Valdivia, Los Ríos Region, Chile (2022). Development of teaching guides and mediation booklets for the art projects “Hace un tiempo en la montaña: memoria y teatro en la precordillera” [Once upon a time in the mountains: memory and theater in the foothills] and “Carpinteros: los hermanos Villanueva a orillas del río Cutipay” [Carpenters: the Villanueva brothers on the banks of the River Cutipay], supported by the Centro Cultural Museo y Memoria de Neltume [Neltume Cultural Museum and Memory Center] and the Red Cultura [Culture Network] program. Development of a teaching guide for educators and activity handouts for students from pre-kindergarten to fourth-year primary school to accompany the play “¿Por qué el conejo tiene las orejas largas?” [Why does the rabbit have long ears?]. Presentation of the materials to the school communities of the Los Ríos Region.
WHAT WE DO:
Workshops and seminars / Archive management and design / Digital preservation / Educational materials / Collection and dissemination of community memories / Cultural heritage digitization / Publications / Research and documentation gathering / Support for archive projects / Exhibitions, specialized materials and content, meetings and conferences, among other public activities.
