The October Revolt in Chile: From “Now That We Have Found Each Other We Won't Let Go” to “Not with My Money!,” or Generalized Fear of the Other

Abstract

This text seeks to describe the process of a form of relationality of the images that, at least in their glimmer, are seen in the immanence of the October 2019 revolt in Chile, which is expressed as an affective response to the promise opened by the revolt, in contrast to separation and distrust, which interrupts friendship. This reverse is expressed as a threat that interrupts the time to come of the revolt; it is also an interruption in the temporality of the images, which are now expressed in a more urgent and oppressive way, and that, in their absolute presence, flood any type of common destiny.