Featuring South and Central American video artists Alejandra Alarcón (Bolivia), Bernardita Bennett (Chile), Rafael Guendelman (Chile), Nicholas Petrus (Brazil), Julio González (Bolivia), Karlo Andrei Ibarra (Puerto Rico), Jo Muñoz (Chile) and Fernando Ossandón (Chile)
In recent years the content of audio-visual images within the exhibition programmes inform us of processes, stories and transcultural experiences which are defined, in part, as exotic and unique material. Assuming, therefore, that these are neither part of daily life nor the local landscape, we tend to observe them with suspicion.
At first glance, much of what we do not want to see or reanalyse is simply the product of educational instructions acquired from social norms that we have accepted and the linguistic structures in which we interact.
But what happens when a pair of images contradicts what others have already preconceived about places, races and symbols?
Curated by: Rodolfo Andaur
Influences is part of the long-term project titled "Cities on...the edge." The political nature of art has been the focus of the series of exhibitions in the frames of the project. A large number of the displayed works have been regarded as an instrument of struggle for the freedom of an individual situated on the edge. Consecutive exhibitions have presented art from the edge, from places drowned in conflicts and facing social problems, including Beirut, Teheran, Bogota, Ramallah, Jerusalem, Havana.
They have all attempted to provide a different perspective, going beyond the stereotypical, Eurocentric perception rooted in tourist postcards or television news broadcasts. Lack of images presenting conflicts and binary divisions has created a possibility to analyse universal questions.
Entrada actualizada el el 09 nov de 2015
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