The barriers of the outbreak: Social emergency engraved in the walls

Abstract

The present photographic record recovers some of the scratches that can be read on the walls of Santiago de Chile after the social outbreak of October 2019. From them, I propose a reflection on the demands that have been raised but also about the identities expressing behind the revolt. Deleuze’s words are intertwined with the images giving account of two central ele-ments to understand who are present in the protest: (1) the huge minorities that inhabit the social space, forming what we call “the people” and (2) that both their conformation and their revolutionary potential correspond to a creative process. Can we talk about people waking up or rather of a revo-lutionary crowd?