CFP – “Against Citizenship: Visual belongings and transnational affects” (Deadline: June 1st, 2022). This special issue of “Cultural Dynamics” seeks to gather contributions that deal with affective and transnational networks that position themselves against or facing the “fantasy” of an egalitarian citizenship, understanding that it is not intrinsically segregating, but aleatory and artificial, in the same way that the creation and existence of states.
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Collectivization and artistic activism in the South
The seminar”Collectivizations and artistic activism in the South” (April 26, 2022, Grenoble and via zoom) will examine the responses that, through the creative gesture, aim to “repair what has been broken”. Among the speakers will be Ana Longoni, Julia Ramírez Blanco, Andrew Martin and Raquel Schefer. The seminar will conclude with the presentation and projection of the film-essay “La revolución (es) probable” [The revolution (is) possible] (2021).
Exhibition – María Ruido. The Rules of the Game
Until 4 September 2022, the exhibition “The rules of the game” at the Es Bauldar Museu d’Art Contemporani de Palma. This new audiovisual production of María Ruido explore difficulties, conflicts and contradictions in class and gender as found in work situations in the art and culture sector.
Triptych women and histories of struggle in Latin America / From Zapatista Mexico to rebellious Chile: an interpreted history
On December 7 and 8, 2021, “Triptych women and stories of struggle in Latin America / From Zapatista Mexico to rebellious Chile: an interpreted history” will take place at the Maison de la Création et de l’Innovation (Université Grenoble Alpes). This research-creation activity, articulated in a performance and a graphic workshop, will delve into the traces and archives of feminist collectives in Latin America.
Visual spaces as constellation: images and imaginaries of violence in Latin America
The seminar “Visual spaces as constellation: images and imaginaries of violence in Latin America” (26 November) proposes to trace and discuss a critical cartography of the artistic practices and visual artifacts that have dealt with and visualized political violence in Latin America since the second half of the 20th century.
Crossed stories: collecting(s) and cultural institutionalism at the Museo de Bellas Artes de Cuba
The seminar “Crossed stories: collectionism(s) and cultural institutionality at the Museo de Bellas Artes de Cuba” (November 5, 2021) aims to bring together a set of reflections on the past and recent history of the institution and its collections as well as to provide a historical-critical overview of the Cuban visual arts and the Iberian Peninsula.
Challenging the centers: counter-historiographies of abstraction in Puerto Rico.
“Challenging the centers: counter-historiographies of abstraction in Puerto Rico” will take place on 22 October 2021. Based on the curatorial project of the exhibition […]ENTREFORMAS and critical essays (Carla Acevedo, Dialitza Colón Pérez and Nelson Rivera), this workshop proposes to discuss aspects concerning the Puerto Rican historiographic narrative with the intention of critically exploring its discursive margins and limitations.
A neoliberal counter-revolution? Cultural Imaginaries, Political Subjectivities and New World Order (1979 – 2019)
The international conference “A neoliberal counter-revolution? Cultural Imaginaries, Political Subjectivities and New World Order (1979 – 2019)” will take place on 16 and 17 September 2021 at MACBA. Responding to the reflections developed in the framework of the research projects Decentralised Modernitie(s) and Fossil Aesthetics, this international conference asks about the role that cultural imaginaries have played in the shaping of neoliberal subjectivity during the period from 1979 to 2019.
Release of the book – Vanguardia y crítica de arte en la España de Franco by Paula Barreiro López
The book “Vanguardia y crítica de arte en la España de Franco” (La balsa de la Medusa, 2021) by Paula Barreiro López studies art criticism and avant-garde art in the years 1940-1975-76.
