Yoshua Okón’s Chille reconstructs the funeral procession of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, drawing on an idealized model of the event found in a private club in Santiago frequented by Pinochet supporters. The installation includes sixty-one plaster-coated resin sculptures representing soldiers, musicians, horses, and a coffin, all arranged in a military parade formation.

This phantasmagorical work critiques the persistence of Pinochet’s ideological and structural influence on Chilean society. The rough plaster finish of the sculptures evokes the tension between the permanence of historical memory and the fragility of its representations. By recreating the procession as a tableau, Okón underscores the performative aspects of power and its continued resonance in contemporary politics. This work challenges viewers to confront the ways power and memory are constructed, performed, and perpetuated.