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HACETE AMIGO!
The Parakultural Centre (Buenos Aires, 1986-1990), created by Omar Viola and Horacio Gabin, was an underground Porteño landmark following the return of democracy in 1983. Located at 340 Venezuela Street, the Parakultural was part of an affective aesthetic geography which included such paradigmatic spaces as Café Einstein, Cemento, the Rojas Cultural Centre, Medio Mundo Varieté, Liberarte, El Parque and El Taller. A venue for celebration after the repressive terror of the last civil-military dictatorship (1976–1983), this basement hosted performance, ‘little theatrical numbers’, video, poetry and visual arts alongside rock, punk and metal acts. Nights at the Parakultural were shaken up by the group Gambas al Ajillo [Prawns in Garlic], Los Melli, El Clú del Claun [The Clown Club], Alejandro Urdapilleta, Batato Barea, Humberto Tortonese, Vivi Tellas and many others, who shared a stage with Luca Prodan, Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota or Todos Tus Muertos. The poet Fernando Noy once described the Parakultural as ‘the unrepeatable temple of debauchery. Mythic and profane, irreverent and dazzling, a true oasis where it was always party time.’ The Parakultural and its artistes invented new ways of doing theatre, new ways for performers and spectators to co-exist and new poetics of performance. This all came together as an underground force of radical renewal. This section was created with the help of Horacio Gabin and Omar Viola, founders of the Parakultural Centre.