April 11th, 7:30PM – Technologies of Friendship in the Urban Space

The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space is pleased to welcome visiting activist and sociologist Dr. Syd Krochmalny to present a unique video-documented study of reclaimed urban space through peaceful and creative activism in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

At the end of 2008, activists from the Student Center (CECSO) decided to take over the three campuses of the University of Buenos Aires’ Faculty of Social Sciences. The students decided to extend the Student Center’s dining area into the Faculty parking lot, on university property. Nevertheless, the rector interpreted the activists’ actions as usurpation.

In 2009, the Student Center received a letter notifying them of the existence of an open legal case involving the activists–specifically naming Germán Feldman, former Student Center President. The rector’s resort to the legal system was not only a setback to the activists, but also to the history and progress of the university and its tradition of democracy. Along with Sociologist Lucas Rubinich, the activists decided to intervene in the conflict. We resolved to call on a group of artists to operate and generate artistic and social productions in the parking lot/dining room space.

The viewing will take place on Friday, April 11th at 7:30PM at MoRUS (155 Avenue C between 9th and 10th streets), followed by a Q&A with Dr. Krochmalny and a reception open to all who attend.

Syd, Krochmalny, The Politics of Friendship and Confrontation, 

University of Buenos Aires, 2008-2012.