Claudia Vásquez Gómez
visual artist

Aeropuerto. E.E.U.U., 2016-2017.

  Video performance made with materials found on site. The text tells the story of the artist’s childhood during the period of the civil-military dictatorship in Chile. Duration, 7′ 4». Twin Buttes, United States of America. 2016-2017. Twin Buttes is located in the vicinity of the White Sands Missile Range. The world’s first nuclear weapon […]

Paisaje chileno. Chile, 2015.

Intervention based on the text: «I can’t stand it», a quote from a work by artist Jenny Holzer. Installation of 130 palmettes of natural grass. Average, 4.20 meters high x 32 meters long. Duration, 15 hours. National group exhibition «Ciudad H». Matucana 100 Cultural Center. Santiago, Chile. 2015. Work made in the context of the […]

Esto era presente. Chile, 2014-2015.

Multimedia installation based on the rearticulation of a quote by Francisco Varela (Chilean neurobiologist, philosopher and Buddhist meditator): «Death is a mirror, everything we see is the state of our mind». Aluminum letters and panaflex for reading. Measurements, 5 meters high x 11 meters long. Duration 40 days. International group exhibition «Under Pressure». Quinta Normal […]

¿Cómo no perder la memoria?. Chile, 2015.

Urban intervention, video performance, and installation developed in collaboration with Carla Romero and Jazmín Valdivia, in the context of the 42nd anniversary of the coup d’état in Chile. The project was structured through three interrelated operations. First, cracks were projected onto various buildings across the city that, during the Chilean civic-military dictatorship (1973–1989), functioned as […]

Esquecimiento. Brasil. 2013.

Installation from the text «Sometimes I forget that I’m here», using aluminum letters. Measures, 0.45 meters high x 21 meters wide. Duration, 30 days. International collective exhibition «VaiVem». SESC Pinheiros. São Paulo, Brazil. 2012. Curators, Ana Teixeira, Iara Freiberg, Kika Nicolela and Renata Padovan Instalación a partir del texto “Às vezes esqueço que estou aquí” […]

Camuflaje. Antartica, 2012.

Performance carried out in Bahía Paraíso, Antarctica, using a garment made of trans-hypora fleece fabric that moves with the wind. Variable dimensions and duration.   The action was developed within the framework of the program “Terra Australis Incognita”.https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2016/07/07/la-muestra-silenciosa-donde-el-arte-contemporaneo-reflexiono-sobre-la-antartica/ . Performance realizada en Bahía Paraíso, Antártica, utilizando una vestidura de tela polar trans-hypora que se moviliza […]

Milímetro a Milímetro. Antártica, 2012.

Landscape intervention and performance. Installation of the text: «MILLIMETER BY MILLIMETER» . Snow line 60 meters long x 0.30 meters wide. Duration, variable. Isabel Riquelme Islet. Chilean Base General Bernardo O’higgins, Antarctica. 2012.   The action was carried out in the context of the program «Terra Australis Incognita».https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2016/07/07/la-muestra-silenciosa-donde-el-arte-contemporaneo-reflexiono-sobre-la-antartica/ Intervención de paisaje y performance. Instalación del […]

Estoy aquí. Chile, 2012.

Intervention carried out on the flight deck of the Chilean Navy Ship AP-41 Aquiles. Installation of the text: «I am here”. 100 meters of rope. Duration, variable. Austral Channels, Chile. 2012.     The action was carried out in the context of the program «Terra Australis Incognita».https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2016/07/07/la-muestra-silenciosa-donde-el-arte-contemporaneo-reflexiono-sobre-la-antartica/ Intervención realizada en la cubierta de vuelo del […]

Lento ma non tropo. Austria, 2009.

Multimedia installation based on the quote by Francisco Varela (Chilean neurobiologist, philosopher and Buddhist meditator): “Death is a mirror, everything we see is the state of our mind”. Chapel of St. Ursula Copyright. «Excerpt(s) from the Film Trilogy about Francisco Varela by Franz Reichle». Made in the context of the residency organized by AIR – […]

No sucedió nada. Chile, 2008.

Multimedia installation on the cornice of the place, based on the texts: «Nothing is / To be remembered»; and its interaction with a reading panaflex, based on the texts: «important / necessary / safe / difficult / enough». Size, 0.5 meters high x 4 meters long. Duration, 30 days. Individual exhibition. Metales Pesados Bookstore. Santiago, […]