The Unreal Silver-Plated Book / El Libro Plateado y Real

This experimental essay introduces us to Eduardo Molinari's unique practice that entwines conceptualism, literature and performance and connects to methodologies of historiography, ethnography, militant research and psychogeography. It follows his research along the Camino Real, concatenating discussions of Argentina's pre-Conquest cultures, genocide and the consolidation of the Argentine state, guerrillas and counter-insurgency, the picketer movement that emerged in the 1990s, and the financial and political crisis that peaked in 2001. Eduardo Molinari is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Buenos Aires. Walking as an aesthetic practice, research using artistic means and interdisciplinary methodologies are the basis of his practice. In 2001 he founded the Walking Archive, a visual archive-in-progress that delves into existing and imaginary relations between art, history and politics. - - - El Libro Plateado y Real nos acerca a la practica multi-disciplinaria de Eduardo Molinari, que entrelaza conceptualismo, literatura, y performance, y que tambien conecta metodologias de historiografia, etnografia, investigacion militante y psicogeografia. Este ensayo recorre la investigacion de Molinari a traves del Camino Real, concatenando discusiones sobre las culturas argentinas pre-hispanicas, el genocidio y la consolidacion del estado argentino, guerrillas y contra-insurgencia, el movimiento piquetero que emergio en los 1990s, y la crisis financiera y politica que culmino en 2001. Eduardo Molinari es un artista multidisciplinario que vive y trabaja en Buenos Aires. El caminar como practica estetica, la investigacion con metodos artisticos y el accionar colectivo e interdisciplinario estan en el centro de su labor. En 2001 crea el Archivo Caminante /AC, archivo visual en progreso que indaga las relaciones existentes e imaginables entre arte, historia y politica.