11 September 1973

Context
Santiago, Chile the Chilean coup d'état
The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a watershed event in both the Cold War and the history of Chile. Following an extended period of social and political unrest between the conservative-dominated Congress of Chile and the socialist President Salvador Allende, as well as economic warfare ordered by U.S. President Richard Nixon,Allende was overthrown by the armed forces and national police.

The military abolished the civilian government and established a junta that brutally repressed left-wing political activity both domestically and abroad. Allende's army chief, Augusto Pinochet, rose to supreme power within a year of the coup, formally assuming power in late 1974. The United States government, which had worked to create the conditions for the coup, promptly recognized the junta government and supported it in consolidating power.

During the air raids and ground attacks that preceded the coup, Allende gave his last speech, in which he vowed to stay in the presidential palace, denouncing offers for safe passage should he choose exile over confrontation. Direct witness accounts of Allende's death agree that he committed suicide in the palace.

In the next years of this the Army violated the right humans, killing and hidden innocent people. In addition, the General Pinochet had rules that people had to follow or their will kill by the army. On of his rules was not go to parties or have a social reunion with friends, so they have to be in home to certain hours. If people are in the streets in the nights the army had order to kill them.

What I want to say:
I want to apply these fairy tales to the events that had been marked my life. This event is the 11 September 1973 because I believe this event change my country forever. I'm talking about the mentality of the Chilean changed, because of this horrible situation that Chile had to live. For this reason, I think that event is still in the memory of the population of Chile, because this country was raped in a certain way that people started hate the army. Chileans were prisoners in their own country.
With this project I wan to say the opposed of what people think about this event. I don't want to defend what the army did to the Chilean. I wan to say how this event left a scar in the memory of the Chile population. How this bad experience change the way to live, think, and act. Chileans are not happy anymore, everyone were waiting for a hope, but this hope came in 1989. However, this hope I was what Chileans were waiting. Anyways, I want to say this changes with a metaphor of the scar that change according to time, but the memory when somebody had it is still there.

Who you want to say it:
I want to say this to students, because their have to know what happened in the past and how this bad experiences affected the life oa country in South America.

Why you want to say it:

I want to use the ideation of memories, even thought people have bad feeling about this event. I think is really important to use the memories because these events never have to happen again. Even more, I think I want to say this using flashback of the memories (pictures), making connection

of what happen in at time in Chile.

How you will say it:

I want to say this with tracing paper and ink. I want to build a type of cube made of wood where I will a roll of tracing paper. This roll will have a handle where the audience can interact going through the roll. In the tracing paper will be images of the population in Chile in 1973 until 1989.