Ecosocialism 2026: Cultural Intifada - Art and social change

Hello, hello.

Well, I'm going to stand up because I want to see everyone Everybody can hear me clearly.

For the introduction, first of all, I want to pay respect to the traditional owners, custodians of this land.

I acknowledge their culture and their struggles are mine as well.

My work as an artist talk about the individual as social freedom, talk about liberation and in a collective way, even though sometimes art is a very, you know, like an individual kind of activity.

I'm going to talk about something, an expression of murals.

I grew up in a dictatorship, where all forms of art were forbidden.

And the only way to express your feelings and emotions The resistance against the Pinochet regime was like a right on walls, you know, like a...

So from a young age, I embraced that activity and risking our lives just to write one single letter, R, and that was...

the act of rebellion against.

And that became something so strong and so broad that that letter shake up the whole system.

It was a dangerous letter, but it was beautiful.

So also that was a form to educate people.

and in that times were scared, they were afraid from the repressive regime so through words on the walls we you know, spread a message of freedom and rebellion.

So, in this topic, an intifada is an Arabic word that means shake up the system and the oppressors through different ways of art.

And the murals were so strong that involved the community, the communities, and everybody participate.

It was a form of educating people and making conscious that through collective work it's a very good way to create conscious and make changes.

I'm thankful of the invitation today and if you have any questions like that I'm very happy to talk to you.