Speaker: Paz Ponce Moderated by Felipe Cusicanqui Departing from the Arendtian notion of “the common interest” (weltliche Bezug), that takes interest in the symbols, collective archetypes and temporary needs bounding us together as a society, the curator Paz Ponce will show us her collaborative project presented in the XIII Havana Biennale as well as her networking structure that puts together different actors and collectives that have chosen Berlin as their artistic axis. This networks or crossroads have generated diverse experimental artistic educational programs, workshops that […]

Speaker: Rodolfo Andaur Moderated by: José Délano Concentrating on the North of Chile and its borders as fields of inquiry, Andaur has developed his desert exploration trip called “Managing New Displacements from Geography”. Under the context of this project he has examined architecture, cultures, ethnicities, and artistic practices within those desert landscapes in order to build a resource platform with a socio-spatial analysis of all those geopolitical intersections. Throughout this curatorial platform, Andaur has connected with visual artists, researchers, and curators in order to gain […]

Speaker: Florian Wüst and Valeria Fahrenkrog Moderated by: Marcela Moraga The Berliner Hefte zu Geschichte und Gegenwart der Stadt (Berliner booklets – over the city’s history and present) are a series of publications that unite artistic practices, essays and activism. The issues thematize on social, cultural and economic changes in Berlin and other cities. Through this, they intervene in urban-political debates offering an historic and reflective point of view that is informative too. The Berliner Hefte can also be understood as a productive nexus, open […]

Speaker: Alejandra Ruddoff and Nikolaus Nowak Moderated by: José Délano It has already been proven that in sculpture and modeling the coexistence of different temporal dimensions is possible. But how does the infinite works?The artist and the journalist present us with a brief interdisciplin ary analysis that takes us into the thoughts an reflections that allow us to approach, unveil or decode a formal language that is present in literature. Alejandra Ruddoff Studied sculpture at the University of Chile and graduated in 1985. In 1993 […]

Speaker: Daniela Labra moderated by: José Délano Desde los ultimos meses la escena artística y cultural brasileña ha recibido ataques de grupos conservadores moralistas que han logrado cerrar exposiciones y criminalizar a artistas por exponer sus cuerpos desnudos en performances o incluso en dibujos. Instituciones son acusadas de comunistas, pedófilas y pornográficas mientras la situación de corrupción en la política explota. Después de 30 años de democracia, el fantasma de la dictadura, ahora en ropas neoliberales, se asoma y la idea del arte como resisténcia […]

Speakers: Juan Almarza y José Délano En esta primera tertulia, y con el propósito de generar una discusión abierta y participativa, los expositores abordarán en forma crítica aspectos fundamentales relacionados con el status del arte contemporáneo. Desde su interpretación como medio de expresión de realidades y problemáticas socioculturales contingentes, a su lectura como vehículo de significaciones de orden trascendental y universal, la conversación estará orientada a generar un debate constructivo en torno a conceptos que permitirán aportar fundamentos teóricos al ejercicio de la práctica artística, […]