{"id":103358,"date":"2023-07-11T10:19:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=103358"},"modified":"2023-08-09T11:17:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:17:13","slug":"i-illustrate-to-not-forget-combating-architectural-extinction-in-buenos-aires-through-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/i-illustrate-to-not-forget-combating-architectural-extinction-in-buenos-aires-through-art\/","title":{"rendered":"I illustrate to not forget: Combating architectural extinction in Buenos Aires through art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Amy Boyle and Lena Folke<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a city where architectural heritage is under threat, Argentinian artist and architect <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nataliakerbabian.com\/portfolio\/ilustro-para-no-olvidar\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Natalia Kerbabian<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> uses her artistic talent to bring the past back to life. Kerbabian&#8217;s drawings of now-demolished houses capture memories, so as to not forget.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Joining Kerbabian in her mission is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/buenosairesperdida\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Yamila Rambaldi<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bastadedemoler.org\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Patricio Cabrera<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, fellow activists for architectural heritage.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For Kerbabian, the preservation of Buenos Aires&#8217; architectural past is not just a matter of sentimentality; it&#8217;s about honoring one&#8217;s identity, memories<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and culture to shape a better future.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Combating architectural extinction in Buenos Aires\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/844011763?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">TRANSCRIPT\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NATALIA KERBABIAN,<\/span><\/b><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> ARTIST, AUTHOR &amp; ARCHITECT:<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That house was OK, was perfectly conserved. Why would you destroy that?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">[FAST UPBEAT MUSIC]\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I am Natalia Kerbabian. I am an artist, first of all. I studied architecture. I&#8217;m an architect.\u00a0 Nowadays, I\u2019m drawing a lot because there is a lot of destruction in our architecture. Like traditional architecture. It means a lot for us because it&#8217;s identities. It\u2019s culture. It\u2019s history. So, I start drawing all the empty spaces, bringing to life that architecture not to forget. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This area used to be full of houses. Beautiful houses.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Then with the drawings, I am really thinking about to add memories. Citizen memories about people who lived there or maybe that has a very specific story about that place that doesn&#8217;t exist anymore.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">[SOFT SLOW PIANO MUSIC]\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I was born here in Buenos Aries. With my grandpa, I used to walk a lot all over the city. We used to go to Parque Rivadavia.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The culture, the history and honoring it always have been part of my life. Yeah, he made me love this city.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That\u2019s why traditional Buenos Aries architecture is everything for us because it&#8217;s a mix of cultures. You don&#8217;t have just one traditional kind of architecture. You have a lot<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8230; an eclectic architecture. They are living together in harmony.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">YAMILA RAMBALDI, <\/span><\/b><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVIST: <\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I&#8217;m a neighbor of Devoto. I&#8217;ve lived here my whole life actually, so I have known this neighborhood for a long, long time.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I&#8217;m an activist of architectural heritage. I&#8217;m very concerned with our city and our neighborhoods and the way they are being destroyed. I became involved with showing this in social media. I&#8217;ve been doing this for about three years now.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now we are in an area called <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00c1reas de Protecci\u00f3n Hist\u00f3rica (areas of historical protection), which is an <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">area that is protected by law. And the thing is that the area protection is very general. It&#8217;s not that specific. So unless a building is protected specifically with the law, the building can be torn down.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PATRICIO CABRERA,<\/span><\/b> <b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">LAWYER FOR BASTA DE DEMOLER:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What we do from Basta de Demoler is to use whatever legal tools we have in order to fight cases and try and protect those buildings against government in action and developer&#8217;s action.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We have to care about whatever is left because once it&#8217;s gone, it never comes back. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">[GUITAR DANCE MUSIC]\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is the theory<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and then there is the practice. And there are many things that conspire against the protection on the actual preservation of the heritage according to what the law prescribes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">KERBABIAN:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">They are selling it like a piece of ground!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I feel attracted and in love with architecture in general that has soul.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can feel the art in the walls, the living thoughts of the one that made it. I fall in love with that architecture.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">CABRERA:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Natalia&#8217;s work is gorgeous because it&#8217;s a very intelligent, clever way of preserving, you know, memory of a place, because what she does is something done today of places gone, and to do it in such an intelligent way catches the attention of people that would otherwise not being interested.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">KERBABIAN: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Houses are a kind of expression of our thoughts, a way of expressing our minds.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">About the book<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> I think that it could be call for everyone.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When I first saw it, I thought, this can&#8217;t be true. This is not happening.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">CABRERA:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When one gets older, the first question that we ask ourselves is who is going to care for this one&#8217;s belief when you see young people like Yamila doing that and doing in such a professional, constant<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and careful way<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> that&#8217;s the very best encouragement that we know for certain that those new generations will have the same awareness that we do.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">KERBABIAN:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Buenos Aries, I think it has kind of magical thing in the streets and neighborhoods because you have a lot of memories languages, like songs in each block. When someone or when people touch your identity, your memories, your culture, you have a reaction, like defending it. You need to conserve and honor your past to build your future.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Filmed in Buenos Aries February 2023 with the support of local reporter Maggie Folcia. Amy Boyle and Lena Folke are Medill graduate students in the magazine and video &amp; broadcast specializations. You can connect with either of them at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@amyboylephoto\">@amyboylephoto<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/amyboylephoto\/\">Linkedin<\/a>) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amyboylephotography.com\/\">www.amyboylephotography.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lena-folke-3aa105199\/overlay\/background-image\/\">@Lena Folke.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Amy Boyle and Lena Folke Medill Reports In a city where architectural heritage is under threat, Argentinian artist and architect Natalia Kerbabian uses her artistic talent to bring the past back to life. 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