Francisca Sanchez's 'Tabla Rasa' at Galerie AFA, Santiago

Galerie AFA, a key contemporary art space in Santiago de Chile located near Plaza de Armas, presented 'Tabla Rasa', a two-year project by Francisca Sanchez. The exhibition includes a book, fifteen volumetric pieces, two videos, and workshops with artists and local communities. In the first room, Sanchez shows two holes dug in the courtyard of the University of Chile's art department, documented via photogrammetry—a method that reconstructs 3D models from multiple images, challenging traditional sculptural materiality. In the main room, she presents nine concrete sculptures cast from excavations made by a communicating-vessels system of tunnels dug blindly into the uneven ground, embracing unpredictability. Sanchez states: 'I seek a method to do first and know later, to understand without seeing; this responds to the search for a process that mocks recognizing and naming everything I see.' The exhibition subverts preconceived artistic planning, balancing control and surrender in creation.