In Collective Situations scholars, artists, and art collectives present a range of socially engaged art practices that emerged in Latin America during the Pink Tide period, between 1995 and 2010. This volume's essays, interviews, and artist's statements-many of which are appearing in English for the first time-demonstrate the complex relationship between moments of political transformation and artistic production. Whether addressing human rights in Colombia, the politics of urban spaces in Brazil, the violent legacy of military dictatorships in the region, or art's intersection with public policy, health, and the environment, the contributors outline the region's long-standing tradition of challenging ideas about art and the social sphere through experimentation. Introducing English-language readers to some of the most dynamic and innovative contemporary art in Latin America, Collective Situations documents new possibilities for artistic practice, collaboration, and creativity in ways that have the capacity to foster vibrant forms of democratic citizenship.
Contributors
Gavin Adams, Mariola V. Alvarez, Gustavo Buntinx, Maria Fernanda Cartagena, David Gutierrez Castaneda, Fabian Cereijido, Paloma Checa-Gismero, Kency Cornejo, Raquel de Anda, Bill Kelley Jr., Grant H. Kester, Suzanne Lacy, Ana Longoni, Rodrigo Marti, Elize Mazadiego, Annie Mendoza, Alberto Muenala, Prerana Reddy, Maria Reyes Franco, Pilar Riano-Alcala, Juan Carlos Rodriguez
Edited by:
Bill Kelley Jr.,
Grant H. Kester
Imprint: Duke University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 726g
ISBN: 9780822369264
ISBN 10: 0822369265
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 03 November 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
"Introduction / Grant Kester and Bill Kelley Jr. 1 Part I. (Un)Civil Disobedience 19 1. Lava la bandera: The Colectivo Sociedad Civil and the Cultural Overthrow of the Fujimori-Montesinos Dictatorship / Gustavo Buntinx 21 2. Interview with Caleb Duarte of EDELO Residencia / Raquel de Anda 43 3. Grupo Etcétera: Project Description / Rodrigo Martí 58 An Interview with Etcétera / Etcétera 62 4. Artistas en Resistencia: Project Description / Kency Cornejo 79 An Interview with Artistas en Resistencia / Kency Cornejo 83 5. A Long Way: Argentine Artistic Activism of the Last Decades / Ana Longoni 98 Part II. Urbanism 113 6. Galatea/bulbo Collective: Project Description / Mariola V. Alvarez 117 ""Participación"" (2008) and Tijueneados Anóminos (2008-2009) / Bulbo 120 7. Interview with Tranvía Cero / María Fernanda Cartagena 130 8. Art Collectives and the Prestes Maia Occupation in São Paulo / Gavin Adams 149 9. Frente 3 de FevereiroProject Description / Rodrigo Martí 165 The Becoming World of Brazil / Fremte 3 de Fevereiro 169 10. Interview with Mauricio Brandão of BijaRi, October 9, 2011 / Mariola V. Alvarez 186 Part III. Memory 199 11. Skins of Memory: Art, Civic Pedagogy, and Social Reconstruction / Pilar Riaño Alcalá and Suzanne Lacy 203 12. Some Frameworking Concepts for Art and Social Practices in Colombia / David Gutiérrez Castañeda 220 13. Chemi Rosado-Seijo: Project Description / Marina Reyes Franco 241 An Interview with Chemi Rosado-Seijo / Sofía Gallisá Muriente, Marina Reyes Franco, and Beatriz Santiago Muñoz 245 Part IV. Indigeneity 255 14. Ala Plastica: Project Description / Fabian Cerejido 259 Otros-Nosotros: An Interview with Ala Plastica / Grant Kester 261 15. Interviwe with Pablo Sanaguano / Maria Fernanda Cartagena 279 16. The Empowerment Process of Community Communication in Ecuador / Alberto Muenala 297 Part V. Migrations 305 17. Of Co-Investigations and Aesthetic Sustenance: A Conversation / Colectivo Situaciones and Electronic Disturbance Theater / B.A.N.G. Lab 309 18. How Three Artists Led the Queens Museum into Corona and Beyond / Prerana Reddy 321 Part VI. Institutional Critique 339 19. Lurawi, Doing: An Anarchist Experience—Ch'ixi / LXS Colectiverxs 343 20. Con la Salud si se Juega: Project Description / Fabian Cerejido 367 The Tournament: Nodes of a Network Made of Undisciplined Knowledge / Juan Carlos Rodríguez 369 21. La Lleca Colectiva: Project Description / Elize Mazadiego 388 Exodus to La Lleca: Exiting from ""Art"" and ""Politics"" in Mexico / La Lleca 391 22. La Línea: Project Description / Elize Mazadiego 403 The Morras Project / Interdisciplinario la Línea/La Línea Interdisciplinary Group: Abril Castro, Esmeralda Ceballos, Kara Lynch, Lorena Mancilla, and Sayak Valencia-Miriam García 406 Contributors 413 Index 423 "
Bill Kelley Jr. is Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latino Art History at California State University, Bakersfield. Grant H. Kester is Professor of Art History at the University of California, San Diego; author of The One and the Many: Contemporary Collaborative Art in a Global Context and editor of Art, Activism, and Oppositionality: Essays from Afterimage, both also published by Duke University Press; and author of Conversation Pieces: Community and Communication in Modern Art.
Reviews for Collective Situations: Readings in Contemporary Latin American Art, 1995–2010
Collective Situations offers an impressive survey of the artistic, activist, and collective work being done today in Latin America, making it an invaluable contribution to the intersections between Latin American studies, visual arts, performance studies, and indigenous studies. Readers will learn an enormous amount from its capacious scope. -- Diana Taylor, author of * Performance *
