Libre Acceso.
Espacio público contemporáneo en América Latina
27.06-30.07.2024

Libre Acceso. Espacio público contemporáneo en América Latina, first exhibited at the Centro Cultural La Moneda (Santiago, Chile), examines the transformation of public space in Latin America. Through seven short films, it presents urban and architectural interventions that reinvent collective life in the most urbanized region on the planet. The project is curated by FIG Projects (Fabrizio Gallanti and Francisca Insulza) and will be presented at arc en rêve in 2026.

The exhibition refutes the sometimes simplistic image of Latin America as a vast territory of low occupation where the jungle, the pampas, the highlands and the
desert seem to be the most striking elements. On the contrary, Latin America turns out to be the most urbanized area on the planet, with 80% of its
inhabitants concentrated among its cities. Within the intensity of Latin American cities, the exhibition presents ways in which new collective places are born orhow existing ones are transformed to provide shared and enriching experiences for their inhabitants.Libre Acceso. Espacio público contemporáneo en América Latina aims to make visible the commonalities and differences with which architectural strategies
respond to citizen wishes to make spaces their own. The exhibition is based on seven themes, presented through a series of movies, dedicated to an exemplary
site, commissioned to authors from Latin America, complemented by printed documentation, in the format of cahiers, of a total of 80 contemporary
projects. For the Arquiteturas Film Festival, the seven short movies are presented as a continuous loop. The exhibition will be presented at arc en rêve centre
d’architecture, in Bordeaux, in the fall of 2026.

This program is part of the MaisFRANÇA 2025 initiative, promoted by Institut Français du Portugal.

Supported by Criatório Ágora – Cultura e Desporto do Porto, E.M., S.A., and Direção-Geral das Artes.