I visited Sao Paulo Brazil on November 17th, to participate in a panel discussion for Brazilian Digital Culture 2010, organized by the Brazilian Ministry of Culture. I was invited to discuss the relationship of transmedia and Remix along with Maurício Mota (Os Alquimistas), and moderator Newton Cannito (Secretary for the Audiovisual/Ministry of Culture). What follows is not so much a summary of the panel discussion, but rather a reflection on my views on transmedia and Remix, after evaluating my participation. But first, I will begin by giving some general impressions of the day I spent in Sao Paulo.
The following are videos from a performance that took place on November 11, 2010 at the Cultural Center of Spain in El Salvador, for the Exhibition, A Modular Framework.
Brian Mackern performs his remix of the film, the Stalker by Tarkovsky
Arcangel Constantini remixes noises and video games live for the audience
Image: Still from Brian Mackern’s performance of Cinema.tik, in which he remixes film clips from Tarkovsky and Hitchcock among other directors. Performance took place on November 11, 2010 at the Cultural Center of Spain in El Salvador.
Besides the two openings for the exhibition, A Modular Framework, there were two extra days of events. On November 10, there was a panel discussion with the artists. And on November 11 there was a performance by Arcangel Constantini, Brian Mackern and Antonio Mendoza.
Image: Detail of the Museum of Santa Tecla, where the second opening for the exhibition, A Modular Framework took place on November 12, 2010. The museum is a former prison, where some revolutionaries during the war of the 1980’s were held. The artists who shared this space appear below. The first opening took place on November 9, 2010 at the Cultural Center of Spain in El Salvador.
Image: Cultural Center of Spain in El Salvador’s entrance with banner announcing the exhibition, A Modular Framework.
As previously noted on Remix Theory, I curated an exhibition at the Cultural Center of Spain in El Salvador that brings together artists from Latin America, or artists who have ties to Latin America, and have been producing new media work since at least the mid-nineties. The exhibit takes place from November 9, to December 17, 2010.
The exhibit takes place in two venues, the Cultural Center and the Museum of Santa Tecla. In this post I will share brief descriptions and images of the installations that took place in the cultural Center, in subsequent posts I will share images of the exhibit at the Museum, as well as talks and performances that took place throughout the opening week. Images of the opening of November 9, 2010, follow.
Some images from the events for the exhibition A Modular Framework are available on Picassa. Images by Gonzalo Vides.
Above: Arcangel Constantini remixes noises and video games live for the audience, November 11, 2010. Other images present Brian Mackern, Antonio Mendoza, and Arcangel Constantini mixing image and sound live for an audience at the Cultural Center of Spain, El Salvador: Live audio-video performance
Also see images of a panel with the artists in which they discussed their art works and creative process. The panel took place on November 10, 2010: Conference
I curated an exhibition for the Cultural Center of Spain in El Salvador, which takes place in both the Cultural Center as well as The Museum of Santa Tecla. Information below in English and Spanish.
CURATED BY EDUARDO NAVAS
NOVEMBER 9 TO DECEMBER 17, 2010
CENTRO CULTURAL DE ESPAÑA EL SALVADOR
Calle La Reforma #166,
Col. San Benito
San Salvador, EL SALVADOR http://www.ccespanasv.org/actividad.php?act=864
Mayra Barraza, El Salvador
Giselle Beiguelman, Brazil
Arcangel Constantini, México
Electronic Disturbance Theater y b.a.n.g. lab, USA
Belén Gache, Argentina
Brian Mackern, Uruguay
Antonio Mendoza, Cuba/USA
Fernando Orellana, El Salvador/USA
Paul Ramirez-Jonas, Honduras/USA
Isabel Restrepo, Colombia
Gustavo Romano, Argentina
English:
A Modular Framework is an exhibition that brings together artists from Latin America, or artists who have ties to Latin America, and have been producing new media work since at least the mid-nineties, when new media and digital art began to take shape. Most of the works included in this exhibition are recent, and were chosen as examples of diverse and rigorous art practices. The artists, themselves, while they crossover to art practice at large, are pioneers in digital and new media art in their own countries, and for this reason they were invited to participate in A Modular Framework.
