Artist: Nicolás Grum (Chile)

Nicolás Grum (Santiago, Chile, 1977) has exhibited in various museums and galleries both within and outside of Chile. His solo exhibits include, Nor So Young or So Promising (2008), Remote Country (2011), Future Museum (2014) and The History of Power (2015). In 2009 he participated in the 798 Beijing Biennale, and the exposition The Earthquake of Chile, curated by Fernando Castro Flores, for Chile’s Triennial. In 2013, he was invited to the Media Arts Biennale, with his project Mark with a Line. In 2010 he achieved a residency at Kiosk Gallery, Santa Cruz, Bolivia and also at ISCP, in New York. In 2012 he was part of a residency in Medellín with his project Artists in Latin America, and in 2014 in La Paz. During 2015 he was invited by the Cleveland Foundation for a residency at the Sculpture Center in that city. His group exhibitions include, Circuits and the Manifest of Santiago, curated by Philippe Van Cauteren; and Visionary Project, curated by Jorge la Ferla. He has participated in fairs in Latin America and Europe and is part of several private collections, notably the acquisition of the Kadist Foundation, based in Paris and San Francisco.
 
Web page: www.grum.cl
Instagram: @nicolasgrum
Twitter: @nicolasgrum
 

Artwork: Imaginary Museum

Imaginary Museum consists of the creation of a museum around the idea of struggle, resistance, and transformation. This museum will establish its contents through a collaborative process with scholars from different fields of knowledge -from shamans to historians- and also through a neighborhood workshop in Yungay. In this process, several visions will be blended, resulting in documentary evidence of the history of the building where the fictionalized museum will be located and the neighborhood in which it will reside.
 
Performers
– Cristina Tapies
– Isabel Torres
 
Asistente
– Karla Molina
 

Place: Edificio Erasmo Escala

Address: Erasmo Escala 2420

Type of Protection: None

The building, located on 2420 Erasmo Escala Street and owned by the University of Chile, dates back to 1947 and features three floors, and consists of a reinforced concrete structure. The property was found abandoned after several years and was inhabited by a group of squatters who were subsequently evicted. Today its only resident is a caregiver.

Currently there is a bidding process by the University of Chile, commissioned by the Vice-President’s Office of Student Affairs and Community (VAEC) through its Directorate of Student Welfare (DBE) for the expansion and rehabilitation of the university home Erasmo Escala. The building will board college students enrolled as undergraduates in the University of Chile.