The first version of the Cultural and Creative Industries Market of Chile, MIC Chile 2025, and the IX Ibero-American Congress on Culture, organized in collaboration with the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) and the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI), ended with an intimate performance by Mala Rodríguez in the Zócalo of the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center, and this year's theme was "Artificial Intelligence. Challenges and opportunities". Both meetings, organized by the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, were held simultaneously from Wednesday, April 9 at the GAM, and registered more than two thousand participants registered in the programmed activities.
During the four days of MIC Chile 2025, 14 showcases, seven Living MICs, and 26 conferences and panels with national and international cultural experts were held. In the Cultural Match, an instance generated to connect cultural workers and creators, 1,185 work meetings were held, in which 243 people participated, of which 82 were programmers and 161 were suppliers.
As for the profile of the Match participants, this activity included representatives from Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, Spain and Brazil, belonging to the eight artistic disciplines of the Ministry of Culture's Department of Promotion (Design, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Audiovisual, Music, Architecture, Crafts, and Books and Reading). Also participating were cultural workers who indicated their main areas of management as natural heritage, tangible cultural heritage and community culture.
"Talking about the cultural and creative industries of our country, but strengthening bridges and networks with a focus on internationalization has been one of the missions that we have proposed in the framework of these activities. And around the Ibero-American Congress, it has been very enriching to be able to discuss artificial intelligence, the opportunities and challenges that it has in the field of art, culture, heritage, understanding that it is a mobile context where new technologies are part of the debate and conversation that we have to generate, "said the Minister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, Carolina Arredondo Marzán.
The theme of this first edition of MIC was "Culture and creativity for a sustainable future" and Spain was the guest of honor. In addition to institutional and sectoral reflection, MIC Chile included a citizen agenda that included the participation of international experts and artists such as Alex Anwandter, Maite Alberdi, Iván Navarro, Juliana Gattas, Cristina Rosenvinge and La Mala Rodriguez, among others.
MIC Chile and the IX Ibero-American Congress of Culture were two meetings organized by the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, with the aim of positioning Santiago as a strategic node for cultural and creative industries, and projecting Chile as a regional and global reference in the promotion of a living, connected and innovative culture.
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