Escotilla Nº8 by Tomas Quiroga

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Escotilla Nº8

Copyright Tomas Quiroga 2024

Updated Apr 2021

Topics Conceptual, Documentary, Fine Art, Photography, Photojournalism

Escotilla Nº8.
A visual exercise based on a David Brunett´s photograph.

The National Stadium of Chile, the most important sports venue in the country, became a concentration and torture camp for political prisoners during the military dictatorship established in the country in September 1973. According to estimates by the International Red Cross, up to seven thousand people were held at the place, who were interrogated and tortured. Many of them were executed. The acts of violence that occurred there marked the place to this day.

Escotilla Nº8.
Ejercicio visual a partir de una fotografía de David Brunett.

El Estadio Nacional de Chile, la sede deportiva más importante del país, se convirtió en campo de concentración y tortura de prisioneros políticos durante la dictadura militar instaurada en el país en septiembre de 1973. Según estimaciones de la Cruz Roja Internacional hasta siete mil personas llegaron a pasar por el lugar, quienes fueron interrogadas y torturadas. Muchas de ellas fueron ejecutadas. Los hechos de violencia allí ocurridos marcaron el lugar hasta nuestros días.

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