Between Theory and Practice: Rethinking Latin American Art in the 21st Century, Part Two
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Between Theory and Practice: Rethinking Latin American Art in the 21st Century, Part Two
Conceived by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Chief Curator, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach Advisory Committee: Andrea Giunta, Cuauhtémoc Medina, Natalia Majluf, and Gerardo Mosquera |
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, November 2–4, 2011
9:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.; Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru |
Day One: Wednesday, November 2, 20119:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.; Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru8:30–9:00 a.m. Check-in and Coffee 9:00–9:15 a.m. Welcome, Juan Carlos Verme, Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru Introduction, Deborah Marrow, Getty Foundation, Los Angeles Stuart Ashman, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach Session I The Role of the Museum: Collecting, Contextualizing, and Representing Latin American Art in the 21st Century 9:15–9:30 a.m. Introduction, Moderator: Ivo Mesquita, Pinacoteca, São Paulo 9:30–9:50 a.m. The Director of the Museum: Between the Institution and the Community Itala Schmeltz, Former Director, Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City 9:50–10:10 a.m. Politics: Undoing the Fetish of Essences Gabriela Rangel, Americas Society, New York City 10:10–10:30 a.m. Art and Its Histories: Between the Word and the Wall Karen Cordero Reiman, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City 10:30–11:00 a.m. Coffee Break 11:00–11:15 a.m. Introduction, Respondent: María Belén Sáez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá 11:15–Noon Conversation, Moderator: Ivo Mesquita. Respondent: María Belén Sáez. Participants: Itala Schmeltz, Gabriela Rangel, and Karen Cordero Reiman. Noon–12:30 p.m. Q&A 12:30–3:00 p.m. Lunch Break Session II Curatorial Models: Emblematic Art Historical Cases 3:00–3:15 p.m. Video Screening: Luz Maria Bedoya, Línea de Nazca (Nazca Line), 2008, 6 min. 40 sec. Ishmael Randall Weeks, Pucusana, 2010, 3 min. 38 sec. 3:15–3:30 p.m. Introduction, Moderator: James Oles, Wellesley College 3:30–3:50 p.m. Tricksters in the White House Deborah Cullen, Museo del Barrio, New York City 3:50–4:10 p.m. The Case of Neoconcretism: Some Curatorial and Art Historical Considerations Paulo Venancio Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 4:10–4:30 p.m. Networks and Parafictions: New Strategies for a Field in Transition Daniel Quiles, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 4:30–5:00 p.m. Coffee Break 5:00–5:15 p.m. Introduction, Respondent: Sol Henaro, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City 5:15–6:00 p.m. Conversation, Moderator: James Oles. Respondent: Sol Henaro. Participants: Deborah Cullen, Paulo Venancio Filho, and Daniel Quiles. 6:00–6:30 p.m. Q&A |
Day Two: Thursday, November 3, 20119:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.; Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru8:30–9:00 a.m. Check-in and Coffee 9:00–9:15 a.m. Welcome, Natalia Majluf, Museo de Arte de Lima Session III Curatorial Models: Emblematic Contemporary Cases 9:15–9:30 a.m. Introduction, Moderator: Max Jorge Hinderer Cruz, Independent curator, Berlin 9:30–9:50 a.m. Demolition/Construction: Strategies to Get In and Out of Latin America Rosina Cazali, Independent curator, Guatemala City 9:50–10:10 a.m. Brazilian Art? Multiplying Historical Perspectives and Cultural References Luiz Camillo Osório, Independent curator, Guatemala City 10:10–10:30 a.m. From Micro to Macro, As It Is Above It Is Not Below: The Effects of 21st-Century Socialism, "Alter-Modernity" and Considerations on the Autonomous Communities of the Arts "from" Latin America Rodolfo Kronfle, Independent curator, Guayaquil 10:30–11:00 a.m. Coffee Break 11:00–11:15 a.m. Introduction, Respondent: Pablo León de la Barra, Independent curator, London/Mexico City 11:15–Noon Conversation, Moderator: Max Jorge Hinderer Cruz. Respondent: Pablo León de la Barra. Participants: Rosina Cazali, Luiz Camillo Osório, and Rodolfo Kronfle. Noon–12:30 p.m. Q&A 12:30–3:00 p.m. Lunch Break Session IV Art Historical Practice: Rethinking Research Methodologies and Interpretive and Critical Frameworks 3:00–3:15 p.m. Video Screening: Ricardo Wiesse and Augusto Rebagliati, Diez cantutas en Cieneguilla (Ten Cantutas in Cieneguilla), 1995, 10 min. excerpt from a 21 min. 48 sec. video. 3:15–3:30 p.m. Introduction, Moderator: Víctor Manuel Rodríguez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá 3:30–3:50 p.m. Artificial Divides: Rethinking Latin American Modernity across the 20th Century Anna Indych, The City College of New York and The Graduate Center, City University of New York 3:50–4:10 p.m. Inventing Latin America in Theory and Practice Isobel Whitelegg, University of Essex 4:10–4:30 p.m. The Small Field Complex Luis Castañeda, Syracuse University 4:30–5:00 p.m. Coffee Break 5:00–5:15 p.m. Introduction, Respondent: Suely Rolnik, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 5:15–6:00 p.m. Conversation, Moderator: Víctor Manuel Rodríguez. Respondent: Suely Rolnik. Participants: Anna Indych, Isobel Whitelegg, and Luis Castañeda. 6:00–6:30 p.m. Q&A |
Day Three: Friday, November 4, 20119:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m.; Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru8:30–9:00 a.m. Check-in and Coffee 9:00–9:15 a.m. Welcome, Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach Session V The Archival Impulse: Accessing Documents in the Museum and the Politics of Knowledge 9:15–9:30 a.m. Introduction, Moderator: Andrea Giunta, University of Texas, Austin and Universidad de Buenos Aires 9:30–9:50 a.m. Art, Archives and Institutions in Chile: Notes on Their Transit in Democracy Sebastián Vidal, University of Texas, Austin 9:50–10:10 a.m. Activation of Archives: Challenges, Achievements and Effects of Their Exhibition in Contemporary Art Pilar García, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 10:10–10:30 a.m. Between Us: Geopolitics within Latin America Carmen Jaramillo, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá 10:30–11:00 a.m. Coffee Break 11:00–11:15 a.m. Introduction, Respondent: Laura Malosetti Costa, Independent curator, Buenos Aires 11:15–Noon Conversation, Moderator: Andrea Giunta. Respondent: Laura Malosetti Costa. Participants: Sebastián Vidal, Pilar García, and Carmen Jaramillo. Noon–12:30 p.m. Q&A 12:30–3:00 p.m. Lunch Break Session VI Concluding Discussion 3:00–3:15 p.m. Video Screening: Gilda Mantilla and Raimond Chaves, Un afán incómodo (An Uncomfortable Eagerness), 2011, 15 min. excerpt from 28 min. 26 sec. video 3:15–3:30 p.m. Introduction, Moderator: Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach 3:30–3:50 p.m. Natalia Majluf, Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru 3:50–4:10 p.m. Cuauhtémoc Medina, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 4:10–4:30 p.m. Ana Paula Cohen, Independent curator, São Paulo 4:30–5:00 p.m. Coffee Break 5:00–6:00 p.m. Conversation, Moderator: Cecilia Fajardo-Hill. Participants: Natalia Majluf, Cuauhtémoc Medina, and Ana Paula Cohen. 6:00–6:30 p.m. Q&A 6:30–7:30 p.m. Closing Public Reception |