"Dame dame dame, que te voy a dar ... una guayabita de mi guayabal."
11.10.2010
6.19.2009
Brooklyn dudes think champeta is cool. (They are right).

And Geko Jones, ("DJ, Poet, Multiculturalist. BX Native BK resident. 100% PUERTOLOMBIAN") of the Dutty Artz collective spins champeta in San Francisco.

3.03.2009
| Manuel Zapata Olivella Center for Education and Human Development |
Saturday, February 28th
Closing Benefit: "Todos Los Santos" Milonga Tango Party. Proceeds will go to the MZO Center. Suggested donation $10. Starts at 7pm.
The Manuel Zapata-Olivella Center for Education and Human Development
5312 Connecticut, Av. NW
Washington, D.C. 20015
Tel: (202) 558-7230
Fax: (206) 347-3332
info@mzocenter.org
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"The Manuel Zapata-Olivella" Center for Education and Human Development
5312 Connecticut, Av. NW
Washington, D.C. 20015
Tel: (202) 558-7230
Fax: (206) 347-3332
info@mzocenter.org
www.mzocenter.org
10.08.2008
Actividades Culturales Instituto Cervantes NY/Cultural Activities, Cervantes Institute NY
PRESENTACIÓN ESPECIAL / ESPECIAL PRESENTATION
EL LEGADO DE / THE LEGACY OF TRINA PADILLA DE SANZ
6 LUNES/MONDAY. 6:00 P.M. AUDITORIO/AUDITORIUM
Presentación por los académicos puertorriqueños, / Presentation by Puerto Rican Scholars, Dr. Rosario Medina, Luis Ángel González Pérez & Maura Kenny, Archivista / Archivist - Seton Hall University. La adquisición de los documentos de / The acquisition of the Trina Padilla de Sanz documents fue posible gracias a la generosa / was made possible through the remarkable generosity of Joseph A. and Carmen Ana Unanue.
Seguida de una recepción / Followed by a reception.
Para más información y reservas contactar con / For information and reservations contact the Joseph A. Unanue Latino Institute at latinoinstitute@shu.edu, tel. (973) 761-9422/9423
CONFERENCIA / LECTURE
OMAR ENCARNACIÓN: SPANISH POLITICS, DEMOCRACY AFTER DICTATORSHIP
7 MARTES / TUESDAY. 6:00 P.M. aUDITORIO/AUDITORIUM
El autor de este reciente estudio ofrece nuevas claves sobre el periodo de la transición española a la democracia / The author of this study, recently published, offers new clues on the Spanish transition to democracy.
Español-inglés. Entrada libre / Spanish-English. Free admission.
CICLO DE CINE / FILM SERIES
vampiros, demonios y siniestros / vampires, demons and the goth
8 MIÉRCOLES / WEDNESDAY. 6:00 P.M. aUDITORIO/AUDITORIUM
Santo contra la hija de Frankenstein / Santo vs Frankenstein’s Daughter (Miguel M. Delgado: México/Mexico, 1971. 90 min.)
Farsa cinematográfica que enfrenta al legendario luchador mexicano Santo con la hija de Frankenstein / A farce which pits the legendary Mexican wrestler Santo against Frankenstein’s daughter.
Español con subtítulos en inglés / Spanish with English subtitles.
CONFERENCIA / LECTURE
CICLOS SOBRE EL ESPAÑOL EN eSTADOS UNIDOS. EL ESPAÑOL EN LOS MEDIOs DE COMUNICACIÓN EN EE.UU / SERIES ON SPANISH IN THE UNITED STATEs. SPANISH IN THE MEDIA IN THE UNITED
9 JUEVES/THURSDAY. 6:00 P.M. aUDITORIO/AUDITORIUM
Mercedes Vigón, directora del primer programa de máster de periodismo impartido en español en los Estados Unidos calibrará la importancia de nuestro idioma en los medios de comunicación norteamericanos / Director of the first Master's Degree program in journalism taught in Spanish in the United States, will assess the importance of Spanish in U.S. media.
Patrocinado por / Sponsored by Grupo Santillana.
Español-inglés. Entrada libre / Spanish-English. Free admission.
CONCIERTO / CONCERT
NUEVAS VOCES DE ESPAÑA EN EL FESTIVAL BAM 2008/BAM NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL 2008:
NEW VOICES FROM SPAIN
11 SÁBADO / SATURDAY.
8:00 p.m. BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Concierto de Huecco, banda que cultiva el rumbatón, mezcla experimental de rock flamenco y música latina / Huecco in concert: Rumbatón, an experimental mix of flamenco, rock and Latin music.
10:00 p.m. BAM cafe live/BAM Leperq Space
Rosalía, actuación que combina la guitarra clásica con el jazz, el folklore español y ritmos latinoamericanos / a performance combining classic guitar with jazz, Spanish folk music and Latin music.
Para más información y entradas / For information and tickets: www.bam.org/events
FILANDÓN LITERARIO / LITERARY EVENING
LETRAS EN LA NIEVE / LETTERS IN THE SNOW
14 MARTES/TUESDAY. 6:00 P.M. aUDITORIO/AUDITORIUM
Como punto de partida del ciclo de conferencias que dará en Estados Unidos, Luis Goytisolo, uno de los escritores más importantes de la literatura española actual, mantendrá una conversación con el prestigioso crítico y profesor Gonzalo Sobejano / Luis Goytisolo, one of the most important writers of contemporary Spanish literature, begins his U.S. speaking tour by engaging the prestigious critic and professor, Gonzalo Sobejano, in conversation.
Con la colaboración de / With the collaboration of Dirección General del Libro, Archivos y Bibliotecas, Ministerio de Cultura de España.
Español-inglés. Entrada libre / Spanish-English. Free admission.EXPOSICIÓN / EXHIBITION
NY MOTION 1.0: ARTISTAS EMERGENTES ESPAÑOLES EN NUEVA YORK / EMERGING SPANISH ARTISTS IN NEW YORK
del 23 septiembre hasta el 2 enero/from september 23 through january 2. GALERÍA/GALLERY
DE MARTES A VIERNES: 12:30 A 6:30 P.M. SÁBADO: 10:00 A.M. A 1:30 P.M. DOMINGO Y LUNES: CERRADO/TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: 12:30 TO 6:00 P.M. SATURDAY: 10:00 A.M. TO 1:30 P.M. SUNDAY AND MONDAY: CLOSED.
EN COLABORACIÓN /IN COLLABORATION WITH EL MUSEO DEL BARRIOObras de siete artistas españoles nacidos en los sesentas y setentas afincados en Nueva York/Works by seven artists born in tn sixties and seventies, now long settled in New York.
Artistas / Artists: Gema Álava, Teo González, Abigail Lazkoz, José Lerma, Lluis Lleó, Ester Partegás & Fernando Renes.
Comisariado por / Curated by Francisco M. Cano & Elvis Fuentes.
NY Motion 1.0 es posible gracias al apoyo de The Reed Foundation / Interamericas® Society of Arts and Letters of the Americas y a una donación especial de José y Carmen Ana Unanue, con el patrocinio adicional del Ministerio de Cultura de España y el Consulado General de España en Nueva York. / NY Motion 1.0 is made possible thanks to the support of The Reed Foundation / Interamericas® Society of Arts and Letters of the Americas, and a special donation by José and Carmen Ana Unanue. Additional sponsorship: Spanish Ministry of Culture and the General Consulate of Spain in New York.
Entrada libre / Free admission
PRÓXIMOS EVENTOS / UPCOMING EVENTS
PRESENTACIÓN DE LA ENCICLOPEDIA DEL ESPAÑOL EN ESTADOS UNIDOS / PRESENTATION OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPANISH IN THE UNITED STATES
20 lunes / monday. 6 p.m. auditorio/auditorium
Con la presencia de / With the presence of Carmen Caffarel Serra (Directora Instituto Cervantes), Eduardo Lago (Director Instituto Cervantes New York), Isaías Lerner (CUNY) & Humberto López Morales (Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española).
En colaboración con / In collaboration with GRUPO SANTILLANA
Español-inglés. Entrada libre / Spanish-English. Free admission.
Seguido de una recepción / A recepction will follow.
RSVP events@cervantes.org / 1 212 308 7720 ext. 113
concierto / concert: joan manuel serrat
MARTES, 4 de noviembre / november 4th, TUESDAY. 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorio / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Avenue
Venta de entradas / For tickets 1.212.247.7800 & www.carnegiehall.org
Para más información / More information 1.718.271.6794
Organizado por / Organized by LACOREN. Con la colaboración de / With the collaboration of Instituto Cervantes New York. Miembros del Instituto Cervantes 5% de descuento en el precio de la entrada. / Members of Instituto Cervantes tickets 5% off.
Exhibición de pintura Colombo-neoyorquino en NY
Raúl Manzano plasma la experiencia inmigrante/americana, a través de pinturas de la Estatua de la Libertad celebrando Latin American Cultural Week
NUEVA YORK, 1 de octubre de 2008 Esperanza, libertad y justicia para todos es el tema central de la exposición de Raúl Manzano ¿Icono o Mito? que se inaugura en la galería de Empire State College celebrando Latin American Cultural Week en la ciudad de Nueva York. La recepción es el jueves 23 de octubre, de 5:30 pm a 7:30 pm, en el 325 Hudson Street, 5 piso (entrada sobre la calle Van Dam).
La exposición presenta y pone en duda el significado de la Estatua de la Libertad como un símbolo de libertad y democracia. Con colores vibrantes y un lenguaje visual personal, sus pinturas estimulan las emociones, invitan al dialogo y reflexión acerca de los eventos importantes mundiales. El artista estará presente durante la apertura para hablar sobre su obra. La exposición estará abierta desde el 20 de octubre hasta el 20 de diciembre. La entrada es gratuita. La información de prensa esta disponible en www.raul-manzano.com.
Sus obras representan e incorporan el ideal de la Estatua de la Libertad en diferentes formas para envolver al observador introspectivamente o como a alguien que ha sido observado. Su trabajo provoca discusiones apasionantes acerca del verdadero significado de la libertad, haciendo que estos reflejen en los diversos aspectos de indentidad o se encuentren atraidos por las visions de otros. Esta interacción y discurso, en imagen y significado, es el mensaje intrínsico de Manzano,? dijo la Dr. Cynthia L. Ward, decana interina del centro metropolitano.
La obra de Manzano a contribuido a la educación y dialogo de temas controversiales. Sus exhibiciones incluye ?Campaña de alerta contra el SIDA?, en 1996, en el Broadway Mall Community Center, ?en América?, en 2003, en la cual represento la experiencia del inmigrante, en la galería William Edwards, en la Fairleigh Dickinson University, y ?América al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios?, en 2007, en St. Francis College, Brooklyn, en donde Manzano ofrecio a los observadores una forma de reflejar sobre sus percepciones acerca del futuro de la nación.
Raúl Manzano, un inmigrante de origen colombiano, ha tenido una carrera desafiante durante sus veintiocho años en los Estados Unidos pero su obra y filosofía esta comprometida a una causa, crear conciencia, provocar pensamiento y promover el valor del arte para cambios sociales. Manzano obtuvo su maestría en artes de Empire State College y su BFA, de la School of Visual Arts, ambas instituciones en la ciudad de Nueva York. El es director del programa de verano de la SVA ?Pintando en Barcelona?, en Barcelona, España y mentor en las artes en Empire State College.
Empire State College, una institución lider en educación para adultos, se enorgullece en participar en el 3rd Latin American Cultural Week. Esta exposición es un ejemplo de como nuestra misión, metas, valores, y espíritu son demostrados. Empire State College ofrece a las personas adultas la oportunidad de obtener un titulo asociado, bachelor o master. Los estudiantes pueden escojer una combinación de estudios personales cara-a-cara con la facultad, cursos on-line y grupos pequeños no importa la hora o lugar. También se puede obtener creditos a nivel universitario por trabajo laboral. El ESC sirve a 18.000 estudiantes en 35 lugares en todo el estado de Nueva York y a través de Center for Distance Learning. Con más de 57.000 graduados, Empire State College es el SUNY preferido por los adultos. Para mas información por favor visite nuestra página en la internet www.esc.edu.
Latin American Cultural Week es una celebración de las artes latinoamericanas y artistas en la danza, música, teatro, artes visuales, literature, y conferencias en diferentes salas en la ciudad de Nueva York, de noviembre 5-21. LACW es patrocinada por Latin Media and Entertainment Commission de la oficina del alcalde Bloomberg. Para ver todos los eventos por favor visite www.latinamericanculturalweek.com. LACW es un programa de PAMAR (Pan American Musical Art Research), fundado y dirigido por la pianista uruguaya Polly Ferman. Para más información, visite su página de internet www.pamar.org o www.pollyferman.net.
Esta exhibición es patrocinada en parte con fondos de la Faculty Development Fund de Empire State College y la oficina de la Dr. Cynthia Ward, Decana Interina del metropolitan center of Empire State College.
Como llegar: #1 hasta la estación Houston Street o C/E hasta la estación Spring Street.
7.22.2008
Black Portraiture in the Low Countries from Rubens to Dumas

Una nueva exhibición abre el sábado en el museo Nieuwe Kerk en Amsterdam, trazando las representaciones de las personas afrodescendientes en los Países Bajos desde el año 1300. Son 132 cuadras, dibujos y manuscritos con trabajos de maestros como Rubens, Van Maerlant, Rembrandt, Mostaert, Breitner, y Karl Appel.
A new exhibition opens at Amsterdam’s Nieuwe Kerk on Saturday, charting the portrayal of black people by artists of the Low Countries from 1300 onwards. The 135 paintings, drawings and manuscripts on display include works in oils by Rubens, manuscripts by the poet Van Maerlant and studies by Rembrandt, Mostaert, Breitner and Karl Appel.
1.29.2008
Cultura Afrolatina en Londres/Afro-Latin Culture in London
A very interesting event in London to celebrate Afro-Latin culture. There will be concerts, workshops, exhibitions, and academic talks. Among the events will be presentations by Dr. Peter Wade (author of Music, Race, and Nation, among other brilliant works), Afro-Pacific musician Emeris Solís, the Afro-Venezuelan activist and author Chucho García, and myself. If you're in London, stop by. Details of the event are below.
A Celebration of the African Cultural Legacy in Latin America
11th to 23rd FEBRUARY 2008 FREE EVENT
www.cimarronfestival.com / info@cimarronfestival.com
Last year saw important celebrations of the bi-centenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the English-speaking world. Our event has been designed to address such a historical occasion from a Latin American perspective, by highlighting and celebrating the African cultural legacy in Latin America.
Latin America is the synthesis of various peoples, races and cultures merged together into one, after a painful and inhumane process brought about by the colonization of the so-called New World with the transportation and enslavement of Africans as well as the Indigenous peoples. Latin American countries with their unique syncretistic culture have come to realize their true identity. Africa has undoubtedly played an important, vital, but often overlooked and forgotten role.
Africa’s influence is ever present in the cultural make up of Latin America. The ‘cimarrón’ or runaway African slave symbolizes for us the free and live spirit of Africa in Latin America, hence the name for our event where we will pay homage to its cultural legacy. It is their contribution, together with the Amerindian and European that make Latin America so special and unique.
CIMARRON! will take place on the 11th to 23rd February 2008 in Canning House, Bolivar Hall, Conway Hall, SOAS University and other smaller venues across London, this will be a free for all special event that will celebrate the African cultural legacy in Latin America, through music, dance, art, film, ethnicity and culture as a whole. The event will feature:
- Cultural lectures by renowned academics, such as Peter Wade (Manchester University), Matthias Rohrig Assuncao (Essex University), Alessandra Basso Ortiz (UCL, London), Michael Birenbaum (New York University), Jesus Garcia (Venezuela)
- Music and dance workshops by renowned UK based Latin musicians and dance specialists: Bosco de Oliveira (Brazil), Emeris Solis (Colombia), Wilmer Sifontes (Venezuela), Jim Le Mesurier (Britain), Flavia Chevez (Peru), Lazaro Lopez (Cuba), Miriam Ojeda (Colombia), Yuli Fuentes (Vasallos del Sol – Venezuela)
- Films and videos
- Photographic exhibitions: Lenin Arvelo (Venezuela) about the ritual of mask making and the importance of the devil in the traditional celebrations of ‘Los Diablos Danzantes de Yare’ in Miranda State, Venezuela; Iona Hogendoorn’s work (Holland) pays homage to the courage of an Afro-Colombian peace community in the rainforest near the Pacific coast, ‘La Comunidad de Paz de Cacarica’
- Music and dance performances by various Latin American artists and community groups representing different countries
CIMARRON! is organized by Bambuco Dance Project, Ola Latina and PercuDance and is funded and sponsored by Awards for All and Festival Encuentro Latino, with support from Canning House, Bolivar Hall and SOAS University.
For more information, please contact:
Luz Elena Caicedo , luzesabroso@yahoo.es / +44 (0)7956 495 179
Leoncio Caicedo, info@olalatina.co.uk / +44 (0)7950 507 798
CIMARRON FESTIVAL
PROGRAMME
11th Feb Canning House 6.30pm – Lecture and discussion
‘Music, Race and Nation in Colombia: Musica Tropical in Colombia’ Peter Wade, Manchester University
Long a favorite on dance floors in Latin America, the porro, cumbia, and vallenato styles that make up Colombia's música tropical are now enjoying international success. How did this music-which has
its roots in a black, marginal region of the country-manage, from the 1940s onward, to become so popular in a nation that had prided itself on its white heritage? Peter Wade explores the history of música tropical, analyzing its rise in the context of the development of the broadcast media, rapid urbanization, and regional struggles for power.
Using archival sources and oral histories, Wade shows how big band renditions of cumbia and porro in the 1940s and 1950s suggested both old traditions and new liberties, especially for women, speaking to a deeply rooted image of black music as sensuous. Recently, nostalgic, "whitened" versions of música tropical have gained popularity as part of government-sponsored multiculturalism.
Photographic Exhibition: ‘The Colours of Cacarica’ Iona Hogendoorn
From 11th Feb to 16th Feb Canning House Library. Times: 2pm – 6pm on following days
Iona Hogendoorn’s exhibition pays homage to the courage of an Afro-Colombian peace community in their struggle for survival amid the violence they experience regularly in the rainforest, near the Pacific coast. Cacarica, designated a Peace Community, is situated exactly in the spot where they plan to complete the Pan-American Highway, this and other mega-projects: an inter-oceanic canal, wood, palm oil (bio-diesel), make this a very valuable stretch of land for various powerful groups, including the National Army, who fight over its control and ownership.
12th Feb Canning House 6.30pm – Book Launch, lecture and discussion
’Los Ganga en Cuba’ Alessandra Basso Ortiz, UCL
The Ganga Longoba is a kin related community of African descent settled in the town of Perico, in thecounty of Matanzas in Cuba. They practice a religion that in many aspects resembles other Afro-Cuban religions but which they claim to be idiosyncratic. Alessandra Basso Ortiz, examines how religious tradition and group identity were forged among the Ganga Longoba, and what enabled an ethnogenic process to take place.
8pm VIDEO: ‘Esclavo, Cimarron y Guerrero’ Cuba 2000, Spanish (no sub-titles) 27 minutes, Ernesto Daranas & Rolando Almirante (Canning House)
The story of Esteban Montejo the last cimarron in Cuba, 103 years old in 1963 started recounting his life to Cuban writer Miguel Barnet, how he was brought from Africa as a slave, how he ran away and lived as a ‘cimarron’ and later was part of the Cuban liberating Mambi Army.
13th Feb Canning House – Lecture and discussion 6.30pm
‘The Abolition of Slavery in Brazil: Memory and Historiography’
Matthias Rohrig Assuncao (University of Essex)
The public perception of the Abolition of slavery in Brazil has changed dramatically over the last twenty years. The older historiography described it as a generous act of philanthropy by princess-regent Isabel or as the result of an urban, middle-class led abolitionist movement. The Brazilian Black Movement, in contrast, has emphasized the enslaved own struggle for freedom, and has elected the maroon leader Zumbi as the symbol of Black resistance.
The more recent historiography has also highlighted the importance of slave agency in the process that led to abolition. Yet at the same time the growing visibility of Afro-Brazilian culture has brought to the foreground the songs of black communities of the interior that praise princess Isabel and insist in celebrating the 13th of May, date of the Golden Law she signed in 1888. The lecture will introduce those complex and fascinating developments, where history and memory of Abolition are subject to permanent re-elaborations.
8pm VIDEO: ‘Memorias do Cativeiro’ (Memories of captivity) – Hebe Maria Mattos, Ana Maria Lugao Rios – Brazil 2005, 42 minutes (Canning House)
18th Feb Bolivar Hall - 6.30pm (t.b.c)
Afro-Venezuelan music workshop with Wilmer Sifontes
7.30pm VIDEO: ‘Los Dioses del Futuro’ – Cuba 1992, 55 minutes, Spanish (no subtitles) TVC
Documentary about different traditional and folk music and dance celebrations in various Afro-Caribbean countries: Venezuela, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti.
18th Feb SOAS UNIVERSITY – 7PM Lecture and discussion, Room G3
Lecture and discussion about Afro-Cuban music
18th Feb to 23th Feb Canning House Library. Times: 2pm – 6pm Photographic Exhibition: ‘Mask making and Los Diablos Danzantes de Yare in Miranda, Venezuela’ Lenin Arvelo
Arvelo’s work deals with mask making and the importance of the devil in Venezuelan folkloric culture.
20th Feb SOAS UNIVERSITY 7pm – Lecture and discussion, Room G3
‘The Development of Samba Music in Brazil’ Bosco de Oliveira
21st Feb Conway Hall – Afro-Peruvian Evening
6.30pm Afro-Peruvian dance workshop with Flavia Chevez
7.15pm Afro-Peruvian percussion workshop with Jim Le Mesurieur
8pm VIDEO: ‘Zapateo con clase’ – Documentary about Afro-Peruvian tap dancing – Flavia Chevez
22nd Feb Conway Hall – Afro-Colombian Evening
6.30pm (room 1) Afro-Colombian dance workshop with Miriam O. Patino
6.30pm (room 2) Afro-Colombian percussion workshop with Emeris Solis
7.30pm (room 1) Lecture and discussion
‘Abosaos, Lumbalús and Patacorés: Afro-Colombian Musical Practice at the Fringes of the Diaspora’ Michael Birenbaum Quintero, New York University
Although Colombia has the third largest black population in the Americas, the cultural expressions of black Colombians are largely unknown. This talk will describe the varied musical practices of black communities across Colombia, including the Caribbean coast, Chocó province, the runaway slave community of San Basilio de Palenque, and the Cauca Valley, with particular focus on the music of the southern Pacific coast.
This talk will examine the historical processes of retention and syncretism that have formed traditional Afro-Colombian practices and linked them to Colombian music in general, extending this discussion into the field of the newer popular musics that have been created and/or embraced by black Colombians. Finally, the presentation will touch on some of the reasons for the marginalization of Afro-Colombian musical forms both in Colombia and abroad, and the ways this marginalization is being resisted and counteracted.
23rd Feb Conway Hall 6pm – 12pm
MUSIC AND DANCE FESTIVAL CELEBRATION
Music and dance showcases by UK based Afro-Latin American groups representing Cuba, Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Venezuela, starting with an Afro-Cuban dance workshop in the main hall with Lazaro Lopez and an Afro-Cuban percussion workshop in room 3 at 6pm. In addition, there will be videos, arts and crafts and Latin American food and drink.
11.30.2007
Foro Artistas Colombianos
SEGUNDO FORO GENERAL
COLECTIVO DE ARTISTAS COLOMBIANOS
(Generación de espacios constructivos)
Amigas y amigos
Cordial saludo
Una vez más, la corporación COLECTIVO DE ARTISTAS COLOMBIANOS colectivodeartistascolombianos
Infortunadamente, en Colombia la Condición del Artista, se encuentra aún sin definir. No obstante, sus derechos económicos, morales y sociales son reconocidos internacionalmente. En el país, sigue siendo notoria la ausencia de un estatuto legal que desde una perspectiva laboral, regule y proteja el ejercicio de esta actividad profesional. Conforme la Declaración aprobada por la UNESCO, por “Artista” se entiende toda persona que crea o que participa por su interpretación en la creación o la recreación de obras de arte. En consecuencia, los artistas estamos en la obligación de diseñar estrategias que nos permitan acercarnos, reconocernos, integrarnos y organizarnos.
Para este segundo fraternal encuentro de artistas, hemos invitado a dos calificados profesionales quienes nos orientarán acerca de la problemática del sector artístico. En primera instancia, la doctora MARTHA BLANCO en su breve intervención, nos ilustrará con relación al “Proyecto de Vida de los Artistas”. Seguidamente, el doctor GUILLERMO HERNÁNDEZ miembro de la Secretaría de Cultura, Recreación y Deporte, abordará el tema de la “Estampilla Procultura”.
Luego, se instalarán por separado las distintas mesas de discusión y concertación, en cuya agenda se abordarán asuntos transversales que competen al sector artístico, tales como un diagnóstico de cada sector, seguridad social, estatuto laboral, fuentes de trabajo, participación en políticas culturales, emprendimiento empresarial, conformación de redes, mecanismos de organización, necesidades, soluciones y demás ítems.
Posteriormente, nos reuniremos nuevamente en plenaria para sacar conclusiones, tomar atenta nota de las propuestas planteadas y seguir avanzando en la consolidación del sector.
Aprovechamos la ocasión para desearles una feliz navidad y un próspero año nuevo a todos los hombres y mujeres de buena voluntad, deseando que el todopoderoso traiga para Colombia y todos los pueblos del mundo muchas bendiciones.
FECHA: Martes 4 de diciembre de 2007
HORA: 5:45 p.m.
LUGAR: Universidad Santo Tomás. Carrera 9 No 51-11
Aula Fundadores. Bogotá- Colombia.
MODALIDAD: Abierto a todo el público interesado en la cultura popular.
ENTRADA LIBRE
Duración aproximada: tres horas
Coordinación general:
Profesor: Manuel Antonio Rodríguez
Asistente: Ing. Cristina Martínez
Invita Bienestar Universitario de la Universidad Santo Tomás
Más información en www.musicalafrolatino.com
11.21.2007
Exposición de arte colombiana en el Reino Unido terminó con el retiro de una de las obras del artista Wilson Díaz, que mostraba un video de guerrille
Pese a todo este enredo, Displaced: Contemporary art from Colombian no solo sigue montada ,sino que The Times de Londres la ha catalogado como una de las cuatro mejores que se exhiben hoy por hoy en el Reino Unido. La cuarta es un lugar privilegiado, teniendo en cuenta la enorme cantidad de exposiciones que tiene ese país. Por si fuera poco, según dice Humberto Junca, artista invitado, “una de las curadoras de la Tate Gallery (quizá la más prestigiosa institución de arte contemporáneo en el Reino Unido) va a recomendar al comité de adquisiciones de dicha institución, la compra de Los rebeldes del sur”. Se ignora, claro, si aquella recomendación estuvo empujada de alguna manera por el hecho del “retiro”. Pero con seguridad esa recomendación se hizo teniendo en cuenta, primero que todo, la calidad de la exposición en general y de la obra en particular. "
Como imaginarán los comentarios para este artículo son un índice interesantísimo de las actitudes de los colombianos sobre los vínculos entre la violencia, la cultura, y la censura...
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9.13.2007
Funky notations exhibit

This from Artforum magazine..."Between Thought and Sound: Graphic Notation in Contemporary Music" THE KITCHEN | |
| In Western classical composition, the musical score is too often demoted to purely functional mediation between a composer’s intention and a performer’s interpretation. This vibrant multimedia exhibition, however, presents the score, in what Umberto Eco has termed “open works,” as both compositional map and performative image—not only evocative of sound but a visual object as well. Further, “Between Thought and Sound,” curated by Alex Waterman, Debra Singer, and Matthew Lyons, offers an invaluable archive of some of the most influential developments in contemporary music. Whereas many of the scores presented are already profound visual objects—such as Wadada Leo Smith’s Calder-like Multiamerica, 1999, and Alison Knowles’s richly textured (and aptly titled) Song #1 of the Three Songs: Onion Skin Song, 1975, and Notation Improvisation: Rice Paper Song, Lentil Song, String Song, 2007—it is those that hint at their musical realization, via reference to more traditional notation or accompanying text, that prove most satisfying. One could easily follow Meredith Monk’s vocal imaginings through her pen-on-paper Our Lady of Late, 1972–73, and one could even perform, if quietly, Jon Gibson’s ink-on–graph paper Rhythm Study for Voice, Hands, Feet, 1974, in the gallery. Alvin Lucier’s simple note-card drawings that compose Resonant Things, 1991, make it the most successful work—the visual juxtaposition of mundane objects as suggestive and interpretive as the sounds that might emerge from the random but not arbitrary graphic compendium. The exhibition is accompanied by three concerts during its run, which will include works by many of the composers shown on the walls. Hopefully, these performances will reawaken the dormant sounds locked in what otherwise could become static visual representations—making the exhibition as fabulously cacophonous as the sounds it begets. |
8.31.2007
"Infinite Island" Caribbean art in B/klyn
There's a new exhibit of contemporary art from the Caribbean at the Brooklyn Museum. From the Times review (link):
"If identity-based art was just a passing fad for the New York art establishment, it necessarily remains of considerable interest to a wider world.
How such art can be persuasively presented is, of course, the question. The thematic categories Mr. Mosaka applies to the show — religion, politics, memory, popular culture — have been used in countless shows. They are clichés by now, perceptual straitjackets rather than enlightening guides. As conceptual models, they require rethinking, as does the model some of the art follows."