Puchuncaví

“A close-up shows three pelicans absorbed in their daily routine of cleaning and preening after fishmongers toss them the remains of filleted fish. The subsequent fragments offer a glimpse of the surroundings, featuring bathers and industrial architecture, free from narrative or visual hierarchy. Puchuncaví is a film project, a collection of fragments that I started filming in 2014. The fragments follow one another like heterogeneous and unrelated strata, revealing a multiplicity that can only be perceived by wandering aimlessly through Puchuncaví and discovering a complex network of realities. The name of this ancient indigenous settlement on the Pacific coast of Chile is a Mapudungun (Mapuche) word that could be translated as “where fiestas abound.” This contrasts with the more recent industrial development of the area, which includes copper refineries, steam power plants, and a shipping port.” Jeannette Muñoz