With tickets priced between 15,000 and 20,000 pesos, the “Cerco del Anima” event kicked off yesterday in one of the Technopolis squares. This is a performance that choreographer Flavio Mendoza created and reflects Garden boom under the government of Javier Miley: special offers for those who can pay for it.
According to the official websites of circus From Mendoza, it will be performed Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in June with two shows daily. The tent installed at Technopolis is “imported from Italy”, with capacity for 1,600 people and “a VIP seating section with leather seats and heating”. Those who attend have “free parking within the park.”
If the 32 shows were held monthly, with total ticket sales – calculated at their minimum value of P15,000 – the show would generate more than P750 million. How much does a private person pay in rent?
“This was determined by the National Valuation Tribunal and reported to the Agency for State Assets (AABE). Sources from that portfolio responded that culture had no influence on this specific issue. Whoever passes through General Paz will see how the City of Science was transformed in the era of Miley: next to the huge dinosaur, a tent designed by Flavio Mendoza.
This weekend, another special suggestion debuted: SuperparkAn amusement park that includes a roller coaster. Entrance is also 15 thousand pesos. The opening was announced in May, but was postponed amid a suspension of at least a chaotic schedule.
From Culture they explain that both shows take place “in the parks, without entering the park.” What works inside these days is Techno garagewith emerging musical expressions, and a taekwondo tournament inside the small stadium. New postcards on the emblematic 50-hectare Villa Martelli estate, once resplendent with dinosaurs, zampans, national heroes and heroines, Argentine planes and satellites.
Park without a head
“This administration maintains its intention to make the park solvent, which has cost the Argentines more than 1,000 million pesos for just two months of operation. “The goal will remain not to demand public spending,” was the official speech announcing the decline of Technopolis. “Our goal is clear: self-financing And that more Argentines can enjoy the culture. Between 2020 and 2023, about eight million people passed through the park.
The government described “Technopolis as a clear example of how Kirchnerism spends Argentines' money too much and too badly.” “It was a money-losing machine. A huge space with huge potential that was only open two months a year. It was closed for the remaining months, losing money on maintenance, cleaning and security. When we arrived we found a debt of 400 million pesos with suppliers. “It was a disaster.”
In these six months of libertarian administration, the park has already changed its authorities three times and is practically decapitated. Director Federico Iglesias stepped down in April. A few days ago, the heads of logistics (Mathias Vitale) and contents (Joaquin Wagner) were dismissed “due to administrative violations.”
“The powers have been removed, so it is Undersecretary Ignacio Lopi who is now temporarily reviewing the administrative procedures that have been implemented and the agreements that have been concluded or not,” Culture reported. Due to the change of authorities and the lack of signatures, planning and programming are unclear. They pointed out that in the short term, “we are trying to start some activities with the ministries in June and in July at the Science, Education, Culture and Technology Fair.”
Technopolis: An uncertain future
For workers, uncertainty reigns. “We share the same concern that concerns the rest of the sectors that depend on the Ministry of Culture of the Nation. In particular, we need the park to have an opening and operating schedule, and to inform us of what the authorities are thinking regarding leasing sectors of the park to private initiatives,” ATE Cultura delegates noted. “Like everyone, we need to guarantee the continuity of employment and working conditions as set out in our agreement “Collective.”
One of the workers added that in the real estate, “there were layoffs of workers, but it was not one of the most affected sectors.” Regarding the transformation of what was previously a free public park dedicated to science and technology, he noted: “We workers have no power over cultural policy and we know it. It ends up distorting our function, “We don't like it, but we take care of the business.”. «
