Esto de Juntar Flores (2025)

Digital Video with sound, 10:00

Esto de Juntar Flores (10 min) is a short film that explores the love for flowers and the desire to collect them, tracing the expansion of the Dutch tulip industry into Chile. Shot in the Flowering Desert, in Lisse and Hoorn (the Netherlands), and including footage from the Tulip Day in Chile in 2024, the film investigates how certain Dutch colonial values persist today through neoliberal extractivist practices in Chile. At the same time, it reflects on the experience of migratory displacement and long-distance affections, guided by conversations between the filmmaker and her father.

CREDITS

Produced, Shot, and Edited by Catalina Reyes Navarro / Sound Design and Editing by Constanza Castagnet / Voice by Juan Reyes and Catalina Reyes Navarro / Color Grading by Mateo Vega Title / Design by Jerrold Saija / Installation design by Montserrat Fonseca

Special thanks to Het Cultuurfonds, Van der Gulik Tulpen, Cines en el Borde, Bienal de Artes Mediales de Santiago and B3 HessenLab.