El ingenio (The sugar mill) is a project created and supported by visual artists from Tucumán. We have opened a space (physical and intellectual) for independent action, destined to favour the production and circulation of work, and the interchange of artistic experience. We are keen on stimulating the autonomy of ideas in the visual arts, in the very place where we produce them. We generate and develop strategies as a work force, in a cooperative context, that is beneficial for the creative process of individuals and of the group, as well as instrumental to drawing the attention of the community to art issues.
The ingenio (The sugar mill) was founded on December 9, 2000. Since then we have organized different activities and projects in Argentina and abroad.

2001
– The group that funded El Ingenio managed the exhibition rooms at La Subasta. They held their first group show and organized different exhibitions.
- From the second semester onwards they were allotted their own premises, thanks to steps taken by P. Casal, a Tucumán collector.

2002
- They took part in "Colectivos y Asociados" – Madrid, Spain- Curator: Eva Gristein from Argentina.
- They took part in "Miradas de hoy" –Tucumán, Argentina– Curator: Jorge Figueroa.
- "El Ingenio salta" – Salta, Argentina – a collective show.

Project: Exhibition room – workshop El Ingenio

Our proposal is to recycle the basement of a building, so as to count with a space of our own for the production of our work and to give out information on our work and on the work of guest artists.
Our project also involves the organization of a multi media archive of artists and their work, catalogues, specific magazines and texts. It also contemplates keeping records of activities, and a data bank on courses, grants, exhibitions, etc. related to the arts.