The shed that changed a neighborhood

There was an abandoned building in the Piedrabuena neighborhood of Villa Lugano . The Teatre Colom had left it. For the rest of the city it was a dead space. For Luciano Garramuño and for me it was the place where we would create the artistic base of a neighborhood.

This is how Galpón Piedrabuenarte was born. Without a budget, without an institution behind it, without guarantees. Only with the conviction that the neighborhood needed a cultural space and that no one would do it for us.

For 10 years, Luciano and I put our body and soul into this project. What started as an empty warehouse became a self-managed cultural center, alive and in constant motion. Theater, music, plastic arts, dance workshops. Activities for children and young people in the neighborhood. Shows that brought artists from all over the city and the world to a place that the Buenos Aires cultural circuit had never seen.

The walls of the neighborhood were filled with color. It was there that I developed and perfected my work as a muralist, creating more than 60 murals in the Piedrabueneta neighborhood as well as founding the Galpón Piedrabuenarte.

One of the most historic moments was when Luciano and I managed to get Piedrabuenarte to enter the Buenos Aires Museum Night for the first time. It was the first time in history that these southern neighborhoods—Villa Lugano, Piedrabuena—were part of this official roster. For the neighbors, it was a huge recognition. For us, it was confirmation that what we were doing had real value beyond the neighborhood.

This school is what I bring to every project today. Art transforms places and people, I learned that in Piedrabuena and I haven't forgotten it.

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Media repercussions: Emprén Cultura Magazine · N de Clarín Magazine