Decolonize the Chace Center

Sergio Perdiguer Torralba (RISD MFA 2023 Global Arts and Culture) presents his project, Subjective Cartographies of an erased past, by considering the location and architectural depictions of the Chace Center and the significant number of enslaved people who entered America through Rhode Island ports, such as Market Square––steps away from the RISD Museum. Perdiguer explores the design process of the Chace Center by architect Raphael Moneo and shares his critical viewpoint on how the building is positioned and viewed internationally. Perdiguer’s multidisciplinary artistic interpretation, a culmination of this research, unveils layers of history that architectural representation has erased, hidden or misrepresented. 

The talk is followed by a short walk around the Chace Center and Market Square.
Free. Registration requested.

Sergio Perdiguer Torralba is an architect and artist. He earned a BA and a Master in Architecture from the University of Zaragoza, with academic exchange programs in Karlsruhe (Germany) and Rhode Island. His research ‘Kunst und Stadt’ (“City and Art’’) speaks of his interest about in cities and spaces dedicated to art, and how the extensions of museums can become hybrid spaces with great potential to transform the urban fabric where they are inserted.The result of his research is normally a series of intentional maps made with different techniques (Subjective Cartographies) that capture and make visible his ideas about the city.