The text by Julio Le Parc takes as its starting point the need to overcome individualistic ideas in order to be able to suggest future expansions. Thus, he introduces the idea with a series of questions, which, at first, refer to the general situation of the artist within the social context, and at second glance, are specifically focused in Latin American art. Among his findings, Le Parc points out that, at that time, creativity was being opposed by almost every regime in Latin America because it was synonymous with self-analysis, criticism, change, and action.

Julio Le Parc (1928) was born in the Province of Mendoza, in Argentina, and graduated in Buenos Aires. In 1955, he participated in the student movement that took over the country’s fine arts schools, and in 1958, Le Parc traveled to Paris on a scholarship. While there, between 1960 and 1968, he became part of the GRAV, Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel [Experimental Visual Arts Research Group], which, in turn, participated in the Nouvelle Tendence [New Tendency] international movement. He later continued his visual research and production within the kinetic art movement. On many occasions, his positions on various issues from the point of view of a Latin American artist were accounted for. This text was written by Le Parc to be sent to Juan Acha after the I Encuentro Iberoamericano de Críticos de Arte y Artistas Plásticos [First Latin American Art Critics and Visual Artists Encounter] held in Caracas from June 18 to 27, 1978, whose core themes were: the art world’s current situation; critique, theory, and research in the visual arts; and art’s social context—all of them specific to the Latin American area. This document has been selected as evidence of Le Parc’s point of view regarding the artist’s situation in relation to the social contingencies produced by different power regimes. Please note that upon signing the document, Julio Le Parc added the following clarification: [that he was] “aware of his contradictions as an experimental artist within a capitalistic society.”