Venetian Mosaic

VENICE - “The ego is thus always an inauthentic agency, functioning to conceal a disturbing lack of unity” I read in an artwork by Henrik Olesen in Slip of the Tongue, a curatorial experiment by artist Dahn Vo and curator Caroline Bourgeois presented at Punta della Dogana...

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A Short Tour of the Town of Popayán and Ascent to the Peak of Puracé Volcano

A Travel Account

POPAYÁN - A single image or memory can suffice to ignite one’s curiosity about visiting a place. The same is true of stories heard during childhood, that time when everything seems more exotic and unfathomable...

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Notes on Representation

If you are a person who likes to think, you probably want to produce an original thought every now and then, even though we all know that most things have been said and done (and thought of) already...

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Accumulating Miles, Or Life?

Just because artists might accumulate miles in their frequent flyer accounts, doesn’t necessarily make them traveling artists. What’s certain is that they will accumulate life. The concept of the traveling artist is primarily linked to the 19th and 20th centuries...

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The Exotic in the Tropics

PANAMA - The tropical nation of Panama is the bridge between North and South America. Indeed, as the link that has brought the continents together for millions of years, today it is home to a blend of ecosystems that can be seen across the entirety of this small territory.

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Sound Journeys

Playlists for After Landscape

In anticipation of the 2015 Seminario Fundación Cisneros "After Landscape", we commissioned three playlists that relate to or connect with the themes of this year’s seminar.

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Alternativo Soy

A Map of Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES - Born from necessity, complicity, from celebratory euphoria. They materialize and get the ball rolling through conviction, collaboration, and the support of their audience...

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San Salvador: Silent Spring

SAN SALVADOR - “The Tom Thumb of the Americas,” a phrase originally attributed to Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral, is an appellation used to describe El Salvador...

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To Be Self-Sufficient in Chile

Stories of Experience

SANTIAGO - The absence of a culture that values the visual arts as a tool for social change and intellectual enrichment has been, in the case of Chile, both a hindrance on artistic development itself as much as a driving force behind new and creative ways of thinking...

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Different Strokes for Different Folks

Art in The Bronx

THE BRONX - The Bronx has a rich, diverse, and productive artistic community, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a commercial gallery in the borough. Community groups, including artists and arts organizations, who rebuilt the Bronx from the inside out have played a critical role...

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Managua

An Irreversible Storyline

MANAGUA - In 1972 an eartquake destroyed the city of Managua. Everything was left in ruins. The historic city center, now know as “Vieja Managua,” became an inoperative place...

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Cuernavaca

The porous layers of a city

CUERNAVACA - There is a common tree here in Cuernavaca locally known as Tabachin (Delonix regia; also known as Poinciana or Flamboyant tree). This red flowering tree produces a long seed pod, one of which John Cage used as an instrument in his 1975 composition...

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