on community projects
Community projects are the backbone of my practice. Although they often take place within the context of neighborhoods, communities, or donations to spaces in need, the essence is movement, interaction, and cooperation with other people. This constant back-and-forth between theory—which I so enjoy studying—and the practical reality of life, with its disadvantages and privileges, is what gives depth to my work.
It's not just about "the community," but about inhabiting the common. And inhabiting the common entails being prepared for the contingencies of needs, for the non-ideal nature of the fabric of life: the disorder, the difference, the tension that inhabits real coexistence.
Moscow Library
Community projects are the backbone of my practice. Although they often take place within the context of neighborhoods, communities, or donations to spaces in need, the essence is movement, interaction, and cooperation with other people. This constant back-and-forth between theory—which I so enjoy studying—and the practical reality of life, with its disadvantages and privileges, is what gives depth to my work.
It's not just about "the community," but about inhabiting the common. And inhabiting the common entails being prepared for the contingencies of needs, for the non-ideal nature of the fabric of life: the disorder, the difference, the tension that inhabits real coexistence.
The Library began in 2016 in Amsterdam. When I returned to Argentina in 2021, a man gave me seven boxes of books. Half were useless, and the other half wasn't suitable for what I envisioned as a library. That's how I started: with a box on a bench on the sidewalk. That first box soon began to fill itself. I had to replace it with a larger one, but the practical inconvenience of having to bring it in every time it rained led me to build a table with casters so I could move it easily. That table was placed outside my food business, on the main street of my neighborhood. From that moment on, it was a neighborhood success. Magical things began to happen: during the summers, we would set up shop on Saturdays at the local shopping center; Some neighbors began collaborating by weaving a network of spaces in need of books, and thus more than eight libraries were established in 2023 and 2024. Starting in 2025, we began counting the books donated for children: in July, they already exceeded 800. Currently, two cafes in the neighborhood have their own Moscow Library, where anyone can borrow or exchange books, all donated by neighbors. Someone once told me that the table seemed to be a link between the neighborhood libraries and others scattered throughout the city. A bridge between unused books and a new life. The table is a Cartesian plane—which gains volume depending on the number of books stacked—where not only books flow, but also poems that people leave, motivated by the gesture of others. Encounters also happen. More than once, actually many times, I find groups or duos of people collaborating on the search, uniting spirits in a curious, simple conversation, with that superficial depth that comes from talking about titles, authors, or the search for a specific book. A minimal gesture that—for some reason—always touches something essential.
Art Clubs and Gatherings
A fundamental part of my training—and of my understanding of art, life, and politics—consists of learning not only from theory, but also from shared experience with others. I have the privilege of constant sociability, especially across generations, which allows me to engage the thoughts, emotions, and knowledge of people of all ages, cultures, and social situations. The Tertulias (+15 held) are gatherings around a single topic, which each participant must have previously thought about and digested. The conversation begins there, without keynote presentations: only active thinking. The Art Clubs (+45 meetings) are primarily geared toward practicing artists. Texts are read before each meeting, and a guide is provided with questions and possible readings. The meetings are moderated and guided with attention to collective conversation. The Tuesday Meetings (+20 held), exclusively for artists affiliated with the Art Center, consist of a thorough study of a text read in advance. During the meeting, we reread it together, paragraph by paragraph, page by page, focusing on each concept. This method allows us to ensure that knowledge doesn't dissipate, but rather accumulates, creating a solid foundation. In this way, a shared conceptual pyramid is formed, a common language that serves both thinking and creating. Authors read so far: Friedrich Nietzsche, Giorgio Agamben, Franco "Bifo" Berardi, Hito Steyerl, Boris Groys, Mark Fisher, Immanuel Kant, among others. Concepts explored: contemporary art, transcendental aesthetics, aesthetic fact, symbolism, capitalism, artist/work, painting, conceptual art (watch the video, it's brilliant), and many more.
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Community projects are the backbone of my practice. Although they often take place within the context of neighborhoods, communities, or donations to spaces in need, the essence is movement, interaction, and cooperation with other people. This constant back-and-forth between theory—which I so enjoy studying—and the practical reality of life, with its disadvantages and privileges, is what gives depth to my work.
It's not just about "the community," but about inhabiting the common. And inhabiting the common entails being prepared for the contingencies of needs, for the non-ideal nature of the fabric of life: the disorder, the difference, the tension that inhabits real coexistence.
