Projects tagged
Latin America & Caribbean
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Nostalgia for the Light
Read more: Nostalgia for the LightThe Atacama Desert in northern Chile — the setting of Patricio Guzmán’s transfixing cinematic essay “Nostalgia for the Light” — is a place where heaven and earth converge. Or some might say heaven and hell. Situated on the leeward side…
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Wirikuta Fest
Read more: Wirikuta FestIt was a long time coming – but it was worth the wait. Nearly two years ago, more than a dozen of Mexico’s biggest performing artists came together in a mega-event aimed at saving Wirikuta, one of the country’s most…
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FOKAL
Read more: FOKALARTS/CULTURE FOKAL is the hub in Haiti where locals and international visitors from all walks of life — artists, writers, citizens, activists– come together to discuss the most pressing nation- and community-building issues, enjoy cutting edge artistic expressions, and share…
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The Project Filoctetes
Read more: The Project FiloctetesThe protagonism of the body in the dramatization of marginalized groups is also central to Emilio García Wehbi’s Proyecto Filoctetes, an urban intervention staged November 15, 2002, on the streets of Buenos Aires. The project consisted in placing twenty-five lifelike…
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The Artists Representing Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria
Read more: The Artists Representing Puerto Rico After Hurricane MariaSix months before Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc in the Caribbean, a group of Puerto Rican artists were invited to participate in a residency program in Miami by local art organizations. The artists were offered abandoned storefronts-turned-studios at a historic downtown…
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What Else Could We Speak About?
Read more: What Else Could We Speak About?DEATH IN VENICE by: Kaelen Wilson-Goldie One of the most controversial figures in the recent history of the Mexico City art scene, Margolles has been making work from the material traces of death for 20 years. In 1989, she joined…
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ESTUDIANTE MILITANTE: University of Puerto Rico Student Movement and campus occupation.
Read more: ESTUDIANTE MILITANTE: University of Puerto Rico Student Movement and campus occupation.El Estudiante Militante is a giant puppet built by the members of Papel Machete and students of the University of Puerto Rico during the first three days of the 2010 student strike at a cultural camp established by the theater…
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Teatro x la identidad
Read more: Teatro x la identidadThe Search for Identity in a Country of ‘Disappeared’ By Marcela Valente ‘Theatre for Identity’ is the theme of a novel undertaking in the Argentine capital, where 41 plays are being put on every Monday in 14 theatres. The project…
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Migratón México
Read more: Migratón MéxicoMigratón México es un proyecto satírico que se creó colaborativamente en 2017 a partir de un Laboratorio de Artivismo y Humor que organizó el Hemi en San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México, con un un grupo de más de…
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#CronicaDaMorteAnunciada
Read more: #CronicaDaMorteAnunciadaAcción #CronicaDaMorteAnunciada que consistió en la creación de 9 estandartes con informaciones sobre asesinatos a “País do Santo” para denunciar sus muertes por motivos de racismo afroreligioso en la ciudad de Belém, Brasil. La acción resalta la violencia letal contra…