YOSHUA OKÓN

Done in response to an invitation to create a piece in Santiago, Chile, Chille is divided in two parts: a loosely executed, large-scale reconstruction of an idealized model of the funeral procession of the dictator Augusto Pinochet made by hardline supporters following his death, which Okón found at a private club in Santiago and a two channel video installation recording a low-budget reenactment of Pinochet's funeral. The piece is a phantasmagorical response to the realization that the structural changes made by Pinochet, notably a neoliberal system that favors private corporate interests, are still firmly in place. Pinochet is not dead.