Arxiu Tucumán Arde [Documentació relativa a les diverses accions i treballs d'aquest col·lectiu], 1966-1968

The artistic project, planned in four stages, began with research into the conflict. The artists travelled to Tucumán and, together with sociologists, economists, journalists and union leaders, gathered information on the causes and consequences of the crisis. Employing interviews, photographs and film recordings, they documented the situation, which was given no coverage in the official media. The second stage consisted of a massive, anonymous publicity campaign, mainly in the city of Rosario, using posters bearing the word ‘Tucumán’ and graffiti with the enigmatic slogan ‘Tucumán Arde’ (Tucumán Burns), which maintained the mystery of the message. In the third stage, the results of the research and the campaign were presented in an exhibition at the headquarters of the trade union the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), in Rosario, in November 1968. Even though public events were banned, the exhibition drew thousands of people in just two weeks. The exhibition then travelled to Buenos Aires but only lasted a few hours because the government threatened to shut down the CGT headquarters, and the artists decided to withdraw the display to avoid any damage to the workers’ centre. The openly political nature of the actions of the GAV pushed at the limits of what was permitted by the dictatorship, which abruptly closed the exhibition. The fourth phase of the project was thus cancelled and the GAV disbanded.