Free admission
Venue
Hamburger Bahnhof
Invalidenstraße 50, 10557 Berlin
Meeting point
Main courtyard entrance on Invalidenstraße
Gabriel Alarcón, Retablo para cargar en la espalda [Retablo to carry on the back], 2025. Courtesy Gabriel Alarcón
Free admission
Venue
Hamburger Bahnhof
Invalidenstraße 50, 10557 Berlin
Meeting point
Main courtyard entrance on Invalidenstraße
The paths of the processions in the Andes are marked by apachetas—collective piles of stones created by each person who travels the path, carrying a stone that represents their wishes and requests to suprahuman entities. The presence of these accumulations symbolizes the resilience of a culture that could not be entirely erased. As he walks, Gabriel Alarcón builds a small apacheta in Berlin using local stones and elements. For a brief moment, the exhibition space is transformed into a sacred space, and his path into a procession as Alarcón carries stones with him. Finally, ending the journey, he will build an apacheta as an apparition—a sign of the existence and resistance of another culture.
Gabriel Alarcón, *1982 in San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina. Places of belonging: San Salvador de Jujuy, Córdoba.