The Genealogy of Coal. Elixabete Ansa Goicoechea, Pol Capdevila and Andrea Soto Calderón

This round table will consider the relationship between art and production. It will take the case of Chile as a starting point, thinking about the ways in which this relationship has undergone considerable changes since the end of the 19th century. It aims to offer an overview of the way in which the arts have dealt with the issue of extractive coal mining since the work of Baldomero Lillo in literature, graphic novels and the visual arts, and particularly in the work of Alejandra Prieto and her objects/figures of coal and other minerals. The central issues are discussed in relation to concepts such as sovereignty, spectrality and objecthood.