FRIDAY 15 from 20:30 to 0:00 hs -

Fundación Proa is celebrating its 10 years of activity in the neighborhood of La Boca in Buenos Aires. Within the framework of the anniversary celebrations, it will launch a public project in which Gonzalo Córdova (illuminative creator, director and writer), with the contribution of Horacio Pigozzi (artistic director and set designer), will light up the “Puente Trasbordador Nicolás Avellaneda” during the evenings of December 15th and 16th, 2006. The meeting point is the corner of “Caminito” and Pedro de Mendoza Ave. (Vuelta de Rocha) from where the show of lights can be best appreciated.

The bridge is a symbol of the city boundaries and, together with the Obelisco, is one of the outstanding spots of Buenos Aires. Located in the neighbourhood of La Boca, it joins the city and the province.

It was built with iron structures in 1908 to connect the two riverbanks, both for pedestrians and traffic. It was inaugurated on March 30th, 1914. In 1939 it stopped working and in 1960 it was deactivated. In 1993 it was declared Sitio de Interés Cultural (Place of Cultural Interest) and Monumento Histórico Nacional (National Historic Monument) after being threatened with demolition. For several years, there have been attempts to put it back in operation and, nowadays, there is a great interest in declaring it Patrimonio de la Humanidad (World Heritage).

In relation to the characteristics of the neighbourhood, its distinctive colours matching the port identity, the installation of lights is added to the urban composition, colour and hues. The lights are integrated with the industrial structure of the bridge conveying an experimental and innovative quality. Multiple high-technology devices are lit up in a sequenced way and with movement, producing shapes of light and beams of colour that make up a lights show new to our city.