This article examines the tribute to Javier Riveros Basoalto, held within the framework of the Second Meeting of Archives, Documentation
and Theatrical Heritage, as a paradigmatic case of a living archive. Through oral, gestural and emotional memory, the transmission
of experiences is valued as a legitimate and dynamic practice for preservation and redefinition in the performing arts. The experience is analyzed under the theoretical framework of Barba and Savarese (2005), Schechner (2006), Taylor (2003), Fischer-Lichte (2008) and Pavis (1996), who highlight the body and performance as active and transformative repositories of cultural and artistic knowledge. This perspective emphasizes the theatrical archive as a dynamic space where the ephemeral and the embodied dialogue with the past, present and future, expanding the possibilities of theater to build memory and project new forms of creation. This approach proposes rethinking archival practices in Chilean theater, positioning bodily memory and human interaction as essential axes for conservation, redefinition and cultural resistance.
Keywords:
living archive, body memory, Chilean theater, performance, resignification
Poblete Rodríguez, N. (2024). Homenaje a Javier Riveros Basoalto: Archivo vivo de la memoria escénica. Teatro, (12), pp. 123–144. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-6490.2024.77520
