It's vertical us retains

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“His vertical holds usor they lift us to his slopeswhich we three climb back upin Passion or delight.We never reach it, butin dreaming we possess it.” "His vertical holds us" In 1849, the French geologist Pedro José Amado Pissis began studying the Chilean territory, giving rise to his book Geografía física de la República de Chile (Physical Geography of the Republic of Chile). Over the course of 20 years, he conducted a thorough exploration of the Chilean territory, highlighting the Andes Mountain Range and its complex system of lines defined by the infinity of summits. Inspired by this observation, I have recorded the crossing of the mountain range continuously, creating a comprehensive archive that supports much of my work and proposal for this project. The Andes Mountain Range is the backbone that structures the South American continent. It holds our vigilance and, through its tectonic layers, forces us to remain alert; it contains, delimits, orients, and defines the possibilities of inhabiting. In itself, it is an ecosystem in resistance with which we identify, both as landscape and territory, sealing a symbol and a poetics. At COP25, the world will be observed from our territory. The Andes is an opportune metaphor that suggests a compelling symbol, but also an opportunity to recognize ourselves in the fragility of our ephemeral occupation. Showing it to the world in its magnitude will allow us to contribute to forms of representation in the new conceptions of a more sustainable world. The Artwork The Bicentennial Park of Cerrillos has the privilege of offering a panoramic view of the Andes in all its dimension, allowing us to rethink the mountain range from a poetic perspective. By bringing together the summit profiles drawn by Pissis and intersecting them with this panoramic view of the mountain range, a shift occurs. From this gesture, the vertical installation of the profiles emerges. From a distance, fine lines will be observed; as we approach, it evokes the idea of a forest; as we move along the various points of its outline, a vibration will be produced by the rhythm between the profiles. The visitor will be able to cross the series of mountain range lines, becoming part of the confluence between the horizontality and verticality of the mountains, inviting them to traverse our own geographic boundary. The Andes Mountain Range will serve as a reference to understand that it is not enough to observe the planet; we must enter it, root ourselves in it to comprehend its profound dimension in the use of energies, awareness, and a commitment to the environmental issues of our shared home.

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