“Vestigios” photography exhibition in Antofagasta
- Matt mats, Arturo Prat #712, fourth floor, Antofagasta.
- Monday to Friday – 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Until November 7.
- More information HERE.
The passage of time, the history of the territory and the memory contained in forgotten objects are the axes that articulate “Vestigios”, a photographic exhibition by the artist José Cárdenas Lorca, which through a series of images captured in various points of the region, invites us to contemplate the remains of the past as a form of dialogue between the visible, the ephemeral and the intimate of the northern landscape.
The exhibition is part of the Foto Antofagasta 2025 programming, an initiative promoted by Balmaceda Arte Joven, which has the support of the Seremi of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, through the National Fund for Cultural Development and the Arts, Fondart, call 2025, Antofagasta region.
The Antofagasta region has been shaped by successive cycles of industrial extraction, whose traces still persist in its geography and collective memory. “Vestigios” stages this permanence through photographs that explore industrial ruins, abandoned personal objects and landscapes marked by absence, proposing a visual reflection on history and the fragility of time.
“Vestigios is an exhibition that highlights and values what we consider undone, broken or useless. Through photography I seek to find the beautiful in these objects and landscapes, where I see memory and untold stories,” comments the artist José Cárdenas Lorca.
The photographic montage invites reflection, where attendees can stop to observe an image that does not immediately deliver its message through beauty or narrative, allowing each viewer to reunite with their own memories in these indefinite images.
“At Balmaceda Arte Joven we constantly seek to highlight the talent of young creators from the north, generating spaces where they can share their views on the territory they inhabit. In the case of Vestigios, the work of José Cárdenas invites us to meditate on memory and the transformations of the landscape, proposing a sensitive and critical reading of our relationship with history and the environment,” said Jorge Wittwer, regional director of Balmaceda Arte Joven Antofagasta.
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