- Bruno Giliberto
- (Santiago, Chile, 1981)
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Studied Architecture at the University of Chile (2006) and a Master in Visual Arts at the University of Barcelona (2011). He has devoted his work to professional documentary photography for the last twelve years, focusing on ceremonies and their connection to their context. For the past seven years he has traveled for six months per year, documenting rituals and ceremonies in more than 25 countries. He has exhibited this contemplative work in solo exhibitions in Slovenia, “Clandestine” at the Galerija Kresija in 2019; Chile, “Empty and Full” at the ANIMAL Gallery in 2018-2019; Chile, "Metropolis" at the Gabriela Mistral Gallery in 2013; Spain, "Projeccion 40" in Barcelona in 2011, as well as in group exhibitions in Chile, Venezuela, Japan, France, Spain and Germany.
A recurring theme in his professional work is how we colonize and form dialectical relationships with our surroundings, focusing mainly on how this is manifested in ceremonies and rituals. Through the photographic documentation of ceremonial gatherings, he captures the way each culture is capable of creating atmospheres and how these affect the development of phenomena.
The MAREA project is a continuation of previous research and production works related to water: India and the Ganges, Aymara and rain.
- Mónica Salinero
- (Santiago, Chile, 1979)
Lives and works in Santiago, Chile. Interdisciplinary researcher and university lecturer. Expert in political sociology and the arts, specialising in gender and intercultural perspective. She has conducted research in the field of human rights and the sociology of art and material culture, where she has published scientific and contemporary arts publications in Chile. In the arts, her projects Álbum de Funeral, Imágenes de una ciudad moderna and Archivo del Taller de Diseño Integrado para la Arquitectura, and Estudio Arte Sonoro stand out. She has curated several exhibitions including Enacción (2019) by Bárbara González at GGM, and was part of the curatorial team for the Chilean-German group exhibition Rebeldes, laboratorio experimental de prácticas feministas (2022) at the Museo de la Memoria y los DDHH. She has developed curatorial texts for Liu Marino, Gabriela Rivera, Cristián Ordoñez, among others. She is currently editor of the photobook publishing house Colección del Metalibro. She is a sociologist from the University of Chile. She holds a PhD and MA in Political Science from the Universitat de Barcelona, a Masters in Research and Production in Visual Arts from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and a Diploma in Contemporary Art Criticism from the same university.