Saturday, November 8, 2008

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Exhibition Garden City














As part of the exhibits of the 8th Panama Art Biennial is presented Exhibition "Garden City" which contained a magnificent collection of photographs of the former Canal Zone and a number of texts showing in an analytical and reflective relevant aspects of the urban characteristics of the former Canal Zone. The authorship of this production is appropriation of Kurt Dillon (Colón-Panamá/USA), architect and visiting professor at Cornell University, Sam Sweezy (Mass-USA), photographer and Roger Trancik (USA), architect and professor of urbanism Cornell University. This is a sample previously exhibited at Cornell University and presented at the Gallery in Panama Manuel E. Amador, Panama University in September 2008.

The exhibition was a gateway from the photo interpretation this territiorio approached from different angles that serve not only support but also a pivot to other thoughts, both artistic and contextual . Some pictures are turning to this heroic portrait that characterizes the urban and natural landscape of the great works, being necessary when responding to an introductory character and factual dominance.

planimetrías series aerial views in a very close approach to the field, highlighted the characteristics of urban winding its villages and lush tropical fancy that. They seem to contain a great loneliness and even empty the people have not a desert paradise for its people. Nature, altered landscape, urban intervention. This open trail with a scalpel and scalpel in the middle of palm trees and forest landscapes, unspoiled bastion for the experiment, they realize a senior project.

The architecture appears to sit silent form secondarily in the concert of a delicate nature and involvement of the careful action of the intervention as a waste. The casual domesticity some pictures combine a great balance between human activity and the traces of their journeys. Machine and nature, domain implanted photographically portrayed as a stuffed piece current knowledge of their lacerations and destruction of these monuments nearby landscape.
His casual domesticity is closely linked to the temporality of life in these places, their temporary nature and constant rotating temporary spaces downloaded from any nostalgia or sentiment. Anonymity and hollow, blurs any emotional bonds or paternalistic and puts the territory dismembered in that dimension. Strengthens its contemporary status unwavering work yet fragile and vulnerable to an uncertain future.

This exhibition showed the other cut the feat canal site, contrary to that allowed water flow conditions and settled for some was a myth, while for others the establishment of a strict order dream land.

Monday, August 11, 2008

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The Fabrika

For some time many local initiatives are carried out to promote art in Panama City, some more successful and powerful than others, that at least part of local concerns and not of any international organization that promotes foreign how are you-work initiatives that will compete at INAC and other institutions. But it's unfortunate that many of them due to the large effort involved are discontinued so or there are sequels. We recall the San Felipe Festival held in the old station or via Israel thermoelectric Multiple City. The factory was an event organized by Anna Perez, former television presenter and producer.
The strengths of the event was the second time using the facilities of the St. Thomas Hospital, a building that was remodeled for Casa Cor 2007 before stepping in and giving a new use-in this cultural event, although it was clear and limited improvisation budget. The program was open to the participation of various events such as music, painting, graffiti, graphic design, fashion and advertising. On the subject of the painting had open studios of young artists with an interest to show and market their work which sometimes fails to place among the circuits of the city's commercial galleries. Many of them were or were graduates of local art schools as Ganexa or the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Panama. Usually the product is always bordering the line of "arte povera" or "poor art", using materials from the trash, collecting objects from the street and attached to and combined with more traditional techniques like painting on canvas and easel . Others, however, were halfway between textile design and graphic design (shirts, bags, souvenirs) through custom items aimed at this market. The rest of the events, mostly musical performances combined with fashion shows were an expression of a young audience looking for alternative spaces away completely chauvinistic attitudes. Although the counterpoint of all tables (specifically painting) and reflected fairly permissive graffiti all over.
rescued him from all these experiences should be in the field of education regarding the care of the present generation with their social commentary and forms of expression through events like this that allows association and assembly in a society as fragmented and individualistic ours.