Author: Daniela Trujillo Photo Credit: Calle 9+1 If any image of the pandemic remains for history, it is that of the closed door. We saw locked doors all over the world. From the smallest grocery shops, to the most enormous buildings in capital cities: homes and hotels, airports, terminals and borders. The entire planet became an inner dialogue, and we adapted to a way of life where the individual became more important. A notable gap in this new reality was that of spaces dedicated to culture and festivities, who became the last concern during this period. According to the Evaluation of the impact of covid-19 on cultural and creative industries, carried out by Mercosur, Unesco, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Ibero-American General Secretariat and the Organization of Ibero-American States, during the second period of 2020, the Latin American creative industry registered losses of 80%. In addition, 2.6 million jobs were lost and 83% of events in the region were canceled. Colombia recorded at that time more than 7,300 spaces completely closed to the public, including museums, cinemas, concert halls, galleries, theaters, bookstores, libraries and other leisure spaces. The impact of the pandemic left us with a sense of state abandonment
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