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Research paper thumbnail of Sobre "Dignidad": Una conversación con María Verónica San Martín

Anales De Literatura Chilena, Dec 10, 2023

por ejemplo, San Martín utiliza diferentes técnicas del grabado para reproducir imágenes de archi... more por ejemplo, San Martín utiliza diferentes técnicas del grabado para reproducir imágenes de archivo relacionadas con la dictadura que, a su vez, intercala con listas de personas fusiladas o hechas desaparecer (fig. 1). El libro tiene dos lados. En uno, vemos retratos y nombres de cientos de víctimas de la represión. En el otro, vemos una imagen frontal de La Moneda, la institución arquitectónica del poder estatal en Chile ubicada en el centro de Santiago. Pero lo cierto es que ambos lados significan no solo por lo que muestran, es decir, por su iconicidad o mímesis (sí, como nos recuerda el historiador del arte W.J.T. Mitchell (1986), las palabras, es decir, la manera en que se escriben los nombres, también son imágenes). Tampoco significan solamente por la denuncia a los crímenes de lesa humanidad que obviamente plantean. El libro, me parece a mí, activa las posibilidades conceptuales que ofrece en primera instancia el formato del libro de artista, convirtiendo las imágenes fijas en imágenes sobre la memoria en el tiempo. De esta manera, San Martín expande los debates en torno a la iconicidad y la justicia social desde un trabajo de memoria que es esencialmente móvil e inconcluso, previniendo la monumentalización del dolor y la historicidad cronológica del sufrimiento y del duelo. Como nos dicen los estudios críticos de la memoria, el dolor no se puede medir ni cerrar, y esto es justamente lo que ocurre en el libro.

Research paper thumbnail of What books do better: 25th annual New Jersey Book Arts Symposium, morning session

The New Jersey Book Arts Symposium is a daylong event held on the first Friday in November to exp... more The New Jersey Book Arts Symposium is a daylong event held on the first Friday in November to explore and celebrate all aspects of the book arts, from time-honored arts and crafts used in traditional book-making practices, such as calligraphy, printing, illustration, binding, typography and paper-making, to avant-garde explorations of the ontology of the book in its adaptation to artistic expression in artists' books.

Research paper thumbnail of Memory and landscape:Human Rights Violations in Chile Unveiling Historic Truth 1973-1990

This book examines the specific case of Chile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1... more This book examines the specific case of Chile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) and its relationship to art as a channel of expression and protest. Art acts as a form of communication and provides a bridge between the oppressors and the oppressed. It offers those faced with socio-political conflict a voice in which to speak out against those in power. The artists discussed in this thesis, from the periphery to the global world, live similar experiences through memory, past, history and social issues; each situation share similar conditions and outcomes no matter their geographic location. Major conflicts around the world such as World War II, Nazism, the Holocaust diasporas, genocide in Rwanda, the autocracy in China and guerrillas of Colombia, saw equal violations of human rights where politics is involved. Artists sought ways to express their opposition against repression by sending messages of criticism and activism. The Pinochet dictatorship produced similar art and artists that confronted aspects of the memory and identity of the missing people and is an issue that is still developed in Chile since the human rights violations occurred only 42 years ago.

Books by María Verónica San Martín

Research paper thumbnail of Freedom of the Presses Artists Books in the Twenty-first Century

Freedom of the Presses, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Sobre "Dignidad": Una conversación con María Verónica San Martín

Anales De Literatura Chilena, Dec 10, 2023

por ejemplo, San Martín utiliza diferentes técnicas del grabado para reproducir imágenes de archi... more por ejemplo, San Martín utiliza diferentes técnicas del grabado para reproducir imágenes de archivo relacionadas con la dictadura que, a su vez, intercala con listas de personas fusiladas o hechas desaparecer (fig. 1). El libro tiene dos lados. En uno, vemos retratos y nombres de cientos de víctimas de la represión. En el otro, vemos una imagen frontal de La Moneda, la institución arquitectónica del poder estatal en Chile ubicada en el centro de Santiago. Pero lo cierto es que ambos lados significan no solo por lo que muestran, es decir, por su iconicidad o mímesis (sí, como nos recuerda el historiador del arte W.J.T. Mitchell (1986), las palabras, es decir, la manera en que se escriben los nombres, también son imágenes). Tampoco significan solamente por la denuncia a los crímenes de lesa humanidad que obviamente plantean. El libro, me parece a mí, activa las posibilidades conceptuales que ofrece en primera instancia el formato del libro de artista, convirtiendo las imágenes fijas en imágenes sobre la memoria en el tiempo. De esta manera, San Martín expande los debates en torno a la iconicidad y la justicia social desde un trabajo de memoria que es esencialmente móvil e inconcluso, previniendo la monumentalización del dolor y la historicidad cronológica del sufrimiento y del duelo. Como nos dicen los estudios críticos de la memoria, el dolor no se puede medir ni cerrar, y esto es justamente lo que ocurre en el libro.

Research paper thumbnail of What books do better: 25th annual New Jersey Book Arts Symposium, morning session

The New Jersey Book Arts Symposium is a daylong event held on the first Friday in November to exp... more The New Jersey Book Arts Symposium is a daylong event held on the first Friday in November to explore and celebrate all aspects of the book arts, from time-honored arts and crafts used in traditional book-making practices, such as calligraphy, printing, illustration, binding, typography and paper-making, to avant-garde explorations of the ontology of the book in its adaptation to artistic expression in artists' books.

Research paper thumbnail of Memory and landscape:Human Rights Violations in Chile Unveiling Historic Truth 1973-1990

This book examines the specific case of Chile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1... more This book examines the specific case of Chile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) and its relationship to art as a channel of expression and protest. Art acts as a form of communication and provides a bridge between the oppressors and the oppressed. It offers those faced with socio-political conflict a voice in which to speak out against those in power. The artists discussed in this thesis, from the periphery to the global world, live similar experiences through memory, past, history and social issues; each situation share similar conditions and outcomes no matter their geographic location. Major conflicts around the world such as World War II, Nazism, the Holocaust diasporas, genocide in Rwanda, the autocracy in China and guerrillas of Colombia, saw equal violations of human rights where politics is involved. Artists sought ways to express their opposition against repression by sending messages of criticism and activism. The Pinochet dictatorship produced similar art and artists that confronted aspects of the memory and identity of the missing people and is an issue that is still developed in Chile since the human rights violations occurred only 42 years ago.

Research paper thumbnail of Freedom of the Presses Artists Books in the Twenty-first Century

Freedom of the Presses, 2016