Chilean visual and installation artist Maria P. Vila (you might remember her from last year’s installation at Basement 6, “Just Give Me More Time To Finish My Letter”) is back in town, with an ongoing project that has led her to visit a series of countries among 3 continents: Secreto. María P. Vila seeks to engage communities around the world through collecting and sharing secrets. Based on the premise that secrets can generate shadowy places in our unconscious mind, P. Vila invites people to receive the secrets of others and release their own – individuals who read a secret must also leave one, creating a harmonious and reciprocal relationship. Through this means, a web of confidential information will be woven and revealed in a spontaneous way, which will in return prompt a reflection on our memories. The installation is made up of all of the secrets that have already been written (more than one thousand secrets in more than ten languages). Secreto has previously traveled to cities such as London, Berlin, New York, Rome, Barcelona, Seoul, Tokyo, and Beijing. At the end of the installation’s year-long travel around the world, P. Vila will compile the collection of secrets into a book, providing a thought-provoking visual record of Secreto. Don't miss out on the opportunity to read a secret and leave your own, and be a part of the global effort that this installation signifies. We will be hosting an opening on July 27 with our lovely amigos from Urbancross. The installation will be open to the public until July 29.