María Berrios

María Berrios

Chile

(Chile, lives between Santiago de Chile and London). Sociologist, writer and independent curator. In 2007 she was editor of the Documenta 12 magazines for Latin America. In collaboration with Lisette Lagnado, she was curator of the exhibition "Deviations and derivations", on the experimental architecture of Chile and Brazil (Reina Sofia National Art Center Museum, 2010). She is a founding member, along with the artists Ignacio Gumucio and Francisca Sánchez, of the collective vaticanochico (they carry out research expeditions, publish books and sometimes they make art exhibitions). She has published extensively on contemporary art and Latin American culture. She currently holds a PhD in Sociology at Goldsmiths College, University of London, on rumors, conceptual humor and disappearance as a form.

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