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When Computational Devices are Used for the Visual Arts

In his article “When Computational Devices are Used for the Visual Arts” Augusto Gerardi cites a seminal exhibition of computer-generated art in Caracas curated by German philosopher and information theorist Max Bense. Opened in 1974, the show was one of the first instances in which the creative capacity of computers was explored and cybernetics was introduced into the field of art.

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Interview with Luis Ospina

In this interview, the artist Ángela Bonadies talks with Colombian filmmaker Luis Ospina about "pornomiseria," a term he coined, as a resource that some filmmakers practice with "a mix of committed exoticism and adventurous tourism" to speculate on and exploit poverty to attract audiences.

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Donation to the Fundación Reina Sofía

Generational diversity and a spectrum of artistic practices

To Change Everything, All You Need Is a Body

Clementina Suárez (1902–1991) was one of the primary agitators, catalysts and motivators behind the contemporary Honduran and Central American art scene...

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Alejandro Paz Navas talks about his work

Alí González talks about his work

Elena Damiani talks about her work

Nadín Ospina talks about his work

In this piece I explore the crosslinks and the interactions among the diverse cultures of the Americas, by way of a hybrid object that fuses the pre-Colombian past with images of North American entertainment culture, bringing into the present the hybridization and the mestizaje inherent in our own times of media shifts.

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François Bucher talks about his work

Adán Vallecillo talks about his work

Oscar Abraham Pabón talks about his work