The project explores how the black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), on its migratory route between Europe and Africa, faces tensions between ecological conservation and infrastructural expansion in the Tagus Estuary. The exhibition uses maps and images obtained from open-access platforms to reveal territorial disputes, such as the controversial Montijo Airport project. Through visualizations of aerial and ecological flows, the asymmetries between urban development and biodiversity are questioned, inviting reflection on the need to imagine new forms of coexistence.
Gonzalo Carrasco and Belén Salvatierra
Gonzalo Carrasco - Architect and PhD in Architecture and Urban Studies from PUC. His areas of interest include critical theory and the relationship between architecture and the life sciences. He served as a curator at the Venice Biennale in 2012 and 2023, where he was responsible for the Chilean Pavilion with the exhibition Moving Ecologies. He currently teaches at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) and U. Finis Terrae.
Belén Salvatierra - Architect with a Master’s degree in Image Research and Creation from Universidad Finis Terrae (Chile). She studied architecture in Porto (FAUP) and IAUV in Venice. Her interests focus on ecological imagery in art and architecture. In 2023, she was the art director of the Chilean Pavilion at the 18th Venice Biennale with the exhibition Moving Ecologies. She currently teaches at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad Finis Terrae.