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Jose Luis Villablanca, Diego Fernández and Felipe Mujica, founders of GCH

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"Galería Chilena (GCH) promotes the work of young artists through the organization of exhibitions and talks. The main feature of GCH is the lack of a physical space. Our shows have happened mostly in commercial locations that are dealt directly with the estate agents through mutual benefit agreements, “cultural visibility trade” or simple diplomatic manoeuvres within an entrepreneurial disguise. Originally, the nomadic strategy of GCH worked as a critique, question and expansion to the Santiago contemporary art circuit, which in the late 90’s was composed mostly of either very traditional commercial galleries or government funded non-profit spaces (with unclear curatorial decisions). GCH’s nomadism was as much an economical solution as it was a takeover of the growing condition of Santiago in the years of transitional democracy and macro economic wealth –we used new/unused spaces that where left behind. By now, GCH’s mobility and economy of mediums has evolved, and moved away from the gallery frame to become more of a collaborative instance for group experimentation and encounters; a non-place for discussion, a non-place for joining forces."

Excerpt from CONDOROS/MISTAKES press release, London 2004

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