Education through Architecture: In Conversation with Cecilia Vicuña

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In this conversation for LA ESCUELA___, Miguel Braceli and Cecilia Vicuña reflect on the artist's pedagogical experiences, her understanding of architecture as a transformative force, and the potential of precariousness in Latin America as a source of creation.

Cecilia Vicuña (Santiago, Chile, 1948) is a Chilean visual artist and poet; throughout her extensive career, she has explored themes related to nature, ancestral knowledge, and feminism. Based in New York, Vicuña safeguards and shares a deep wisdom regarding her Indigenous roots, as well as her experiences from nomadic journeys around the world, where acquired knowledge takes on intangible, "virtual," and collective forms through oral tradition and listening, weaving, and ritual.

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Cecilia Vicuña Beach Ritual (near Athens) (2017), documenta 14, performance ritual. Foto Natalia Figueroa. Image Cortesía de Cecilia Vicuña
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Cite: Braceli, Miguel. "Education through Architecture: In Conversation with Cecilia Vicuña" [Educación por la Arquitectura: Conversando con Cecilia Vicuña] 07 Jul 2026. ArchDaily. (Trans. Dejtiar, Fabian) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1132603/education-through-architecture-in-conversation-with-cecilia-vicuna> ISSN 0719-8884

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