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Ignacio Acosta

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Idag tittade vi in hos vår granne! Vägg i vägg med Stoorstålka ligger antikvariatet Myggholken. Där träffade vi Ignacio Acosta, en chilensk konstnär som tillsammans med Elizabeth Johansson tar hand om den lilla bok- och mötesplatsen här i Jokkmokk.

Myggholken öppnades 2011 av Elizabeth och hennes man Leif Öhman, som sedan dess har gått bort. Nu hjälper Ignacio till att ge platsen nytt liv, med böcker, konst och möten mellan människor. I filmen berättar han mer om Myggholken och hur platsen också inspirerar hans konst.

Och öppettiderna? De har flaggöppet! När flaggan är ute är det bara att titta in. taken in Stoorstålka by @ignacio_acosta

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#sápmi #sábme taken in Överkalix, Norrbotten by @ignacio_acosta

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I Myggholkens skyltfönster samlar vi böcker med fokus på barn, lokala/samiska och ekologiska perspektiv, tillsammans med böcker av lokala författare som den samiska författaren och pedagogen Anna Nutti Wiandt, samt vintageföremål, fågelbroderier, fotografier och en skulptur av vitryggig hackspett av konsthantverkaren Kjell Vågberg. Alla är välkomna

Niilla, Anna Nutti Wiandt . 2024
Stina på rymmen. Anna Nutti Wiandt. 2022.
Muddus nationalpark. Ola Engelmark. 2014
Han kom från Tornedalen. Stig Darthammar. 2011.
Greenpeace Eric Claudi- 1990.
Skidlöparen Misse. Mary Calhoune. 1982.
Moster Paulas kattcafé . Charlie Jonas. 20921-
Torbjörns klagan/ Tranhalsen- Agö fyr. Sibngel - Vinyl.

bokborsen/urberskruppenjokkmokk by @ignacio_acosta

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4 months ago

A video installation translated into print. The timecode stays.

@ignacio_acosta ’s Archaeology of Sacrifice examines how the meaning of sacrifice has shifted from sacred ritual to a structural condition of contemporary extractive capitalism. Our task: find a structure for something that was never meant to stand still.

The embossed cover presses a stylised quarry into raw cardboard, a tactile reference to the act of extraction. Inside, conventional pagination gives way to timecodes that situate each image precisely within the film sequence. A change of paper stock separates the image and text sections, with a single spot color reinforcing the distinction.

A precise system for communicating a time-based work in static form.

Full case study on ➡️ s-f-p-s.com by @ignacio_acosta

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5 months ago

Les invitamos a la inauguración de Hacedoras de mundos. Prácticas artísticas y activistas en la Cuenca del Aconcagua, una exposición que reúne obras, archivos y registros nacidos desde la defensa, observación y cuidado del territorio.
La muestra aborda los vínculos entre glaciares, ríos, montañas, flora, fauna y comunidades frente a distintos conflictos socioambientales de la cuenca.
Entre las obras expuestas se encuentra la investigación visual de Ignacio Acosta @ignacio_acosta , desarrollada junto a Parque Andino Juncal y Guardianxs del Akunkawa, sobre la amenaza del proyecto de exploración minera “Proyecto Caliente” impulsado por Nutrex SpA entre 2018 y 2022 en Parque Andino Juncal.

📍 Centro Cultural de España, Santiago
🗓️ Inauguración: 16 de mayo · 12:00 hrs
🖼️ Exposición abierta hasta el 22 de agosto de 2026
🗣️ Curada por: @caroinc taken in Centro Cultural de España en Santiago by @ignacio_acosta

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EARTH MATTER: AN INDEX ON EXTRACTIVISM

@ignacio_acosta @louise.purbrick @xavierribas_

Earth Matter is the culmination of over a decade of collaborative research exploring the global impact of extractivism. Closely tied to the Traces of Nitrate project, this book delves into the history of extractivism in Chile, beginning with the nitrate mines in the Atacama Desert in the nineteenth century and extending to the ongoing extraction of copper, lithium and water today. Through photography, video, archival research and personal interviews, artist-researchers Xavier Ribas and Ignacio Acosta and activist-writer Louise Purbrick examine the interconnected forces that bind Chile’s natural resources to global capital, particularly in the City of London.  This publication offers a critical analysis of how extractivist practices have shaped both historical and contemporary life, while anticipating future forms of exploitation. An index of terms explores past and present facts, documents, sites, projects, politicians, activists, NGOs and critical writings to form a Benjaminian constellation that readers can connect and decipher at their own pace.  Published by @tenovbooks  300 color images, 150 halftones, 280 pp, 16.5 x 24.5 cm. Paperback

English edition ISBN: 978-84-127567-0-8
Spanish edition ISBN: 978-84-127567-1-5

Supported by: @ahrcpress @uniofbrighton @royalcollegeofart

@uobphotography

For more information go to: www.tracesofnitrate.org by @ignacio_acosta

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7 months ago

Grateful for a magical time in Chile 💚
1. Estero Ativero, San Fernando
2. Quisco Cactus, Fundo Los Alpes, San Fernando
3. Canelo, sacred Mapuche tree, Fundo Los Alpes, San Fernando
4. Painting billboard “Cuidar el Rio, Cuidar la Vida” [Caring for the River, Caring for Life], Estero Ativero, San Fernando
5. Billboard “Cuidar el Rio, Cuidar la Vida”
6. Playa Hermosa, Pichilemu
7. Punta de Lobos, Pichilemu @parquepuntadelobos
8. Cochayuyo, Punta Topocalma, Pichilemu
9. Cochayuyo, Mercado de Pichilemu
10. “El Gran Mundo de los Seres Pequeños’ [The Great World of Small Beings] Starfish, Pichillemu @taller.tallar
11. Starfish, Cascadas de Chorrillos
12. Gaviotas, La Pancora, Pichilemu
13. Choclo [Corn], @bosquematilde
14. Gato Colocolo @parquelagiganta
15. Cytheris Fritillary or Mariposa Pintada [Painted Butterfly] , Parque Andino Juncal @parqueandinojuncal
16. Vegas de Nacimiento, Parque Andino Juncal
17. Child’s sweater made by female political prisoners as a gift to their sons and daughters during Pinochet’s dictatorship, @museodelamemoria
18. “Cama de Cultivo para una tierra interrumpida” [Raised Bed for a Disturbed Land] by Ester Campaña @estercampanap, @espacio.mnwal
19. Pequeño Gran Bosque [Little Big Forest], Bosque Esclerofilo Miyawaki [Miyawaki Mediterranean Forest], @museotaller, @bosko.cl
20. Community Dining Room, Comedor Emilia Gamelin, Congregación Hermanas de la Providencia, Santiago taken in Chile by @ignacio_acosta

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8 months ago

LECTURE. On behalf of the students of the research studio series Atacama Desert Project (co-taught with Cristóbal Molina Baeza), I would like to invite you to the lecture “Atacama Desert: A Contested Geography” by @ignacio_acosta.
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As this semester we are working in the Salado River Valley through a water-first research-to-design arc, Ignacio’s work will offer a powerful lens to read Atacama as a territory shaped by extractive industries, climate pressures, and competing narratives of progress. Grounded in long-term research and fieldwork, his audiovisual practice builds sensorial environments that reveal the ecological and socio-political conflicts embedded in the landscape.
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The lecture will be held on Wednesday, February 11th at 1:00pm (CST). Please send me a message if you would like to attend.
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Thank you very much in advance for your time and generosity, Ignacio!
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#AtacamaDesertProject #SaladoRiverValley #Atacama #WaterFirst #HydroTerritories #AridLandscapes #DesignResearch #ResearchStudio #Mapping #Territory #ClimateAndDesign #WaterStrategies #ArchitectureResearch #UrbanDesign #designforthegiven #notagainstit #urbanarchitecture #urbanconstruction #atacama #desertresearch #architectureresearch #urbandesig #RGRUrbanArchitecture @tulanearch taken in Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment by @ignacio_acosta

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8 months ago

Victoria & Albert Museum_Photography Now exhibition

15 November 2025 – 12 September 2026

Showcasing the latest additions to the V&A’s collection of global contemporary photography

This display explores some of today’s most pressing issues through diverse approaches to contemporary image-making. Delving particularly into themes of craft and ecology, the display includes two major new commissions by Jonathas de Andrade and Mari Katayama alongside works by Ana Teresa Barboza, Carlos Garaicoa, Dionne Lee, Frida Orupabo, Traces of Nitrate (Ignacio Acosta, Louise Purbrick and Xavier Ribas), Ilanit Illouz, Mónica Alcazar Duarte, Paz Errázuriz, Sheida Soleimani, Theo Simpson, Yan Wang Preston, Yuki Tawada and Fuku Fukumoto.

Photography Centre, Gallery 96-97
V&A South Kensington
Cromwell Road
London, SW7 2RL

@ignacio_acosta
@louise.purbrick
@xavierribas_
@vamuseum
@uobphotography
@royalcollegeofart by @ignacio_acosta

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9 months ago

Se acaba de publicar el artículo académico «Infraestructuras depredadoras. Extractivismo minero y resistencias indígenas en la obra de Ignacio Acosta» que forma parte del segundo número del 2025 de Re-visiones (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), que lleva por título «Fossiltopia. Exploraciones críticas de las infraestructuras y sus aberraciones», y que ha sido editada por Gemma Barricarte. Las autoras agradecemos el trabajo que hacéis en la UCM y otras universidades de Madrid ante una situación extrema de estrangulamiento y desmantelamiento de la universidad pública por parte del gobierno del PP de Isabel Díaz Ayuso.

Quiero agradecer también a Ignacio Acosta @ignacio_acosta por du coleboración en el proceso de elaboración del paper. 💚

@uni.complutense
@gemmmmab_
@elenalavelles

*El mock-up de la imagen inicial es una creación que no se corresponde com el diseño original del número de Re-visiones. taken in Universidad Complutense de Madrid by @ignacio_acosta

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27 de enero de 2024
En Cambridge, con Ignacio Acosta, Louise Purbrick, Xavier Ribas y Carles Guerra, preparando La materia de la tierra. Un índice sobre el extractivismo. ¡Hoy ya está en librerías en España!

Entre el material de Traces of Nitrate hay una transcripción de una entrevista a Salvador Allende realizada en 1972:«Salvador Allende le habla al pueblo estadounidense». La película nunca se emitió en EE. UU., y, aunque se exhibió en la Bienal de Venecia de 1974, hoy está perdida. Solo quedan fotocopias de la transcripción del audio; ninguna imagen.

Ayer volvió la derecha al poder en Chile.

#LaMateriaDeLaTierra #Extractivismo #TracesOfNitrate #Cambridge #ArteContemporáneo #PublicaciónArtística #Fotolibro #CulturaVisual #HistoriaCrítica #SalvadorAllende #Chile #Memoria #Archivos

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—January 27, 2024.
Cambridge. Working with Ignacio Acosta, Louise Purbrick, Xavier Ribas, and Carles Guerra on Earth Matter. An Index on Extractivism. Out in bookstores in Spain today.

Among the materials gathered by Traces of Nitrate is a transcription of a 1972 interview with Salvador Allende: “Salvador Allende Speaks to the American People.” The film was never broadcast in the U.S. Though screened at the 1974 Venice Biennale, it is now lost. Only photocopies of the audio transcript remain—no images.

Yesterday, the right returned to power in Chile.

#EarthMatter #Extractivism #TracesOfNitrate #Cambridge #ContemporaryArt #ArtPublishing #PhotoBook #VisualCulture #CriticalHistory #SalvadorAllende #Chile #Memory #Archives by @ignacio_acosta

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10 months ago

Aujourd’hui a lieu la quatrième séance du séminaire
« Pensée extractiviste – pensée écosophique. L’art (ré)génératif face à la dépossession dans le système-monde capitaliste ».

Dans cette séance, nous présentons des pratiques artistiques et curatoriales qui interrogent les relations entre extraction, territoire et résistance.

Intervenant : Ignacio Acosta
Titre de la conférence :
De Mars à Venus

Cette intervention analyse des projets artistiques reliant des territoires marqués par l’extractivisme minier — du désert d’Atacama au Sápmi — afin de mettre en lumière les formes de résistance des communautés locales face aux violences écologiques, sociales et économiques.

Séminaire organisé à l’Université d’Aix-Marseille,
avec les laboratoires LESA et CAER,
avec le soutien de la Maison de la Recherche et de Turbulence.

@laboratoire_lesa @allshamuniv @turbulence.amu @corp.mathieu @ignacio_acosta

Hashtags :
#Extractivisme #Territoires #ArtEtRésistance #Capitalocène #ÉcologieDécoloniale by @ignacio_acosta

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