Classics in the Browning
Directed by Cecilia Vicuña
Not Rated, 54 minutes
In Spanish with English subtitles
Cecilia Vicuña is scheduled to appear on campus at the Sandeen Memorial Poetry Reading on September 10.
In this self-described "documentary-poem," Vicuña returns to the beaches of Concón, Chile, which is the birthplace of her artmaking, where the sea is dying and an ancient tradition is being wiped out. Concón—facing the tallest mountain in the Western Hemisphere, Aconcagua—is home to a cultural heritage extending back thousands of years. Over centuries, the sonido rajado ("torn sound"), a powerful and unique indigenous sound, emerged. Revisiting the site, Vicuña explores the connections between her own art and these ancient music and oral traditions, while witnessing the ecological and cultural destruction of a place generated by the oil refinery built in Concón in the 1950s.
*This is a free but ticketed event. To guarantee your seat, please pick up your tickets at least 15 minutes prior to the show, at which point your unclaimed tickets may be used to seat patrons waiting on standby. Tickets will be available for pick-up at the Ticket Office beginning one hour prior to the performance.