A man with no memory walks through the hall of honor of the former national congress of Chile, a place that was closed during the military dictatorship and that has become an important place again during the writing of the two new failed constitutions in Chile.
In front of him is the famous painting of Pedro Subercaseaux that represents the discovery of Chile, this man without memory tries to remember our national anthem. Through this effort is built this film that seeks to make us travel inside an imaginary landscape in the heart of the History and architecture of the main hall of governmental power in Chile, where all presidents promised a fairer and better country … this landscape is Chile : an experiment of neoliberalism that, despite everything, continues to breathe on our sky and dream.
Biography
Enrique Ramírez was born in 1979 in Santiago de Chile. Since 2007, he lives and works between Paris (France) and Santiago (Chile). He studied popular music and cinema in Chile before joining the postgraduate master in contemporary art and new media of Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains (Tourcoing, France). In 2014 he won the discovery price of Les Amis du Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France. He has since exposed in some major places as Le Palais de Tokyo, Centre Pompidou, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Jeu de Paume (Paris) ; and internationaly, at at Kunsthalle Bielefeld (Germany), Kadist (San Francisco), UQAM Gallery (Montreal); in Central and South America (Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico; Museo de la memoria, Santiago ; Parque de la memoria en Argentina, Buenos Aires).
In 2017, he is invited to the 57th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia curated by Christine Macel, Ramírez was nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize 2020.
In 2023, three works by Enrique Ramírez joined the collections of the Centre Pompidou (Paris). His work are in prestigious collections such as the Pinault Collection (Paris); MoMA (New York); Kadist Foundation (Paris, San Francisco); Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration (Paris); MAC-VAL (Vitry); Pérez Art Museum (Miami); Museo Ampáro (Puebla); The Ama Foundation (Santiago), Fundación Engel (Santiago), Collection Itaú cultural (São Paulo), Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos (Santiago); Fonds d’art contemporain – Paris Collections; FRAC (PACA, Bretagne, Nouvelle- Aquitaine).
In 2022, Enrique had a major solo exhibition at Le Fresnoy in dialogue with works from the Pinault collection (curated by Caroline Bourgeois, Pascale Pronnier and Enrique Ramírez).
