Francisca Khamis Giacoman's 'Tres actos para caídas fuera de casa' at MSSA

Key facts

• Exhibition 'Tres actos para caídas fuera de casa' at Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende (MSSA) in Santiago, Chile, from April 24 to August 2, 2026.
• Curated by Soledad García Saavedra.
• Explores diasporic memory, displacement, and intergenerational transmission.
• Artist Francisca Khamis Giacoman is Chilean, born in Santiago, based in Amsterdam.
• Her family migrated from Palestine to Chile in 1948 during the Nakba.
• Video 'Tan cerca como puedo #2' (2021) documents her return to the abandoned family home in the Makhrour valley, West Bank.
• The family home is in Area C of the West Bank, under Israeli civil and military control.
• Drawing made with dust from stones of the family house, mailed to her in Santiago.
• Embroidery series 'Los malos' (2023) made by her father, unsold due to quality control.
• Parachute sewn by her father and uncle, installed open in the exhibition.
• Performance 'Caer Ascendiendo' incorporates a poem by Vicente Huidobro.
• Second video '31°42’49.5”N 35°10’13.9”E' (2023) uses 3D modeling.
• Khamis Giacoman co-founded Espacio Estamos Bien in Amsterdam with Mariana Jurado Rico.
• Makhrour valley is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Danger.
• Chile hosts the largest Palestinian diaspora in the world.
• MSSA collection was formed through solidarity donations during Salvador Allende's government.
• Exhibition included works previously shown at Nieuwe Instituut, de Appel, Kochi-Muziris Biennial, and film festivals Locarno, FIDOCS, Cinéma du réel.