Border Agency: Fire Forests and Artistic Research in Chile

How do fire, forests, and landscape politics intersect? In this Smart Forests Radio episode, we speak with Border Agency, a research and art collective, about their latest exhibition at the Museo de La Solidaridad Salvador Allende in Santiago, Chile. 

We discuss the role of eucalyptus plantations in reshaping the Chilean landscape, and consider the power dynamics involved in cultivating forests. We also explore the opaque borders between monocultural and wild landscapes, and look at how collaboration can open up different ways of inhabiting and caring for landscapes.

Founded and directed by Sebastián Melo, Rosario Montero and Paula Salas, Border Agency works internationally with bases in Santiago de Chile and London, UK. 

Interviewer: Jennifer Gabrys

Producer: Harry Murdoch. 

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Image source: Bosques de Fuego (Fire Forest), Border Agency.