scholarly journals El Multiculturalismo Canadiense ante el Arte y los Testimonios de Constanza Camelo Suárez

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Alexandre Beaudoin Duquette

ResumenConstanza Camelo Suárez es una artista visual de origen colombiano que vive en la provincia de Quebec, en Canadá.  En el año 2008, realizó un performance en una importante estación del metro de la ciudad de Montreal, que llevaba por título Dilatar o contraer el universo.  En el marco de esta intervención, un grupo de inmigrantes guiados por perros lazarillo caminaban con los ojos vendados por los pasaportes de sus países de origen y llevaban puesto en su cintura unos aparatos de los cuales emanaban de manera aleatoria las notas de los himnos nacionales de sus países respectivos, así como las del himno canadiense.  Su acción nos brinda varios elementos que nos permiten cuestionar, romper o relativizar los estereotipos del discurso propagandístico de las instituciones migratorias canadienses.  En el presente trabajo, se trata precisamente de entablar una relación disonante entre el performance y fragmentos de testimonios de Constanza Camelo Suárez y una “historia de éxito” que fue publicada en el sitio Internet del Ministerio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración canadiense en el año 2011 y que lleva por título María Aragón: una joven canadiense de 10 años que causa sensación en YouTube.  Lo anterior se lleva a cabo analizando las siguientes fuentes de disonancia, entendida como la relación entre elementos de información incompatibles: multiculturalismo/transculturalidad, consenso/accidentes situacionales, ocupación del espacio público/espacio masivo ocupado, demostración de fuerza/demostración de vulnerabilidad.Palabras-claves: Arte latinoamericano, diáspora latinoamericana, diáspora colombiana, migración a Canadá, multiculturalismo canadiense, propaganda migratoria. Canadian Multiculturalism face the Art and Testimonies of Constanza Camelo SuárezAbstract Constanza Camelo Suárez is a visual artist of Colombian origin living in the province of Quebec, Canada. In 2008, she performed at an important subway station in the city of Montreal, with the title Dilate or contract the universe. As part of this intervention, a group of immigrants guided by guide dogs walked blindfolded by the passports of their countries of origin and wore on their waist some apparatuses from which emanated random notes of the national anthems of their respective countries, as well as those of the Canadian anthem. Its action gives us several elements that allow us to question, to break or to relativize the stereotypes of the propagandistic discourse of the Canadian migratory institutions. This present work, it is precisely to establish a dissonant relationship between the performance and fragments of testimonies of Constanza Camelo Suárez and a "success story" that was published on the Internet site of the Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Ministry in 2011 and which is titled "María Aragón: a 10-year-old Canadian girl who makes a sensation on YouTube". This is done by analyzing the following sources of dissonance, understood as the relationship between incompatible information elements: Multiculturalism / transculturality, consensus / situational accidents, occupation of public space / mass space occupied, demonstration of strength / demonstration of vulnerability. Key words: Latin American art, Latin American diaspora, Colombian diaspora, migration to Canada, Canadian multiculturalism, migratory propaganda. Multiculturalismo Canadense perante a arte e os Testemunhos de Constanza Camelo SuárezResumoConstanza Camelo Suarez é uma artista visual da Colômbia que vive na província do Quebec, no Canadá. Em 2008, ela realizou uma performance em uma grande estação de metrô da cidade de Montreal, que foi intitulada Expandir ou contrair o universo. Como parte dessa intervenção, um grupo de imigrantes guiado por cães-guia andou com os olhos vendados pelos passaportes de seus países de origem e usava em suas cinturas equipamentos que emanavam notas aleatórias dos hinos nacionais de seus respectivos países, bem como do hino canadense. Sua ação dá-nos vários elementos que nos permitem questionar, relativizar ou romper os estereótipos do discurso propagandístico de instituições de imigração canadense. Neste artigo, trata-se precisamente de demonstrar a relação dissonante entre a performance e fragmentos dos depoimentos de Constanza Camelo Suarez e a "história de sucesso", que foi publicada no site do Ministério da Cidadania e Imigração do Canadá em 2011 e intitulado "María Aragón: uma mulher canadense jovem de 10 anos causou sensação no YouTube". Isto é feito através da análise das seguintes fontes de dissonância, entendida como a relação entre elementos de informação incompatíveis: Multiculturalismo / transculturalidade, consenso / acidentes situacionais, ocupação do espaço público / espaço ocupado, demonstração de força / demonstração de vulnerabilidade.Palavras chave: arte latino-americana, diáspora latino-americana, diáspora colombiana,  migração para o Canadá,  multiculturalismo canadense, propaganda migratória 

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Ranieli Piccinini

In 2006, Daros Latinamerica – one of the most comprehensive collections dedicated to Latin American contemporary art in the world – acquired a building, designed by the architect Francisco Joaquim Bethencourt da Silva (1831-1912) and listed as official historical heritage of the city of Rio de Janeiro. After seven years of refurbishment, Casa Daros and its library opened its doors on 23 March 2013. The library has maintained and improved its collection about contemporary Latin American art – considered unique in the region – ever since, with a view to motivating and increasing the amount of research on the subject in Brazil. At the same time, the library team plays an important role in the preparation of the programming planned in the cultural centre – considered a platform for art, education, and communication – and also during the events at Casa Daros, providing support for the researchers’ needs.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-142
Author(s):  
Denise Ziegler

I approach the theme of the sublime experience in public urban space from the point of view of a visual artist and from one of a person walking through the city. In this essay a concrete sublime experience in public urban space is analysed through an experimental artistic intervention. In this way knowledge is gathered about the relationship between public urban space and its users. I engage in a dialogue with the ancient understanding of the sublime as an effect of elevated, performed language. Features of this rhetoric are adapted on to the visual appearance of public urban space in order to reveal situations that evoke sublime experiences. 


Arts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
Maria de Fátima Morethy Couto

This paper will address specifically the 24th edition of the São Paulo Biennial (1998), which took up Oswald de Andrade’s concept of anthropophagy as a guiding axis, but it will also bring to light the first edition of the Mercosul Biennial, which was held in 1997 in the city of Porto Alegre, situated in the south of Brazil, with the intention of establishing itself as a space for promotion of Latin American art. Both biennials are private entities, supported by autonomous foundations, but which require public funds to carry out their shows. It is noteworthy that those two shows were held a few years after the third edition of the Havana Biennial, which is widely recognized as a landmark in the history of the biennials based on South–South dialogue. I will point out the connections between the proposals of these exhibitions as well as relate them to the Brazilian economic situation at the time and the dilemma of globalization.


Author(s):  
Minh-Tung Tran ◽  
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Tien-Hau Phan ◽  
Ngoc-Huyen Chu ◽  
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Public spaces are designed and managed in many different ways. In Hanoi, after the Doi moi policy in 1986, the transfer of the public spaces creation at the neighborhood-level to the private sector has prospered na-ture of public and added a large amount of public space for the city, directly impacting on citizen's daily life, creating a new trend, new concept of public spaces. This article looks forward to understanding the public spaces-making and operating in KDTMs (Khu Do Thi Moi - new urban areas) in Hanoi to answer the question of whether ‘socialization’/privatization of these public spaces will put an end to the urban public or the new means of public-making trend. Based on the comparison and literature review of studies in the world on public spaces privatization with domestic studies to see the differences in the Vietnamese context leading to differences in definitions and roles and the concept of public spaces in KDTMs of Hanoi. Through adducing and analyzing practical cases, the article also mentions the trends, the issues, the ways and the technologies of public-making and public-spaces-making in KDTMs of Hanoi. Win/loss and the relationship of the three most important influential actors in this process (municipality, KDTM owners, inhabitants/citizens) is also considered to reconceptualize the public spaces of KDTMs in Hanoi.


ARTMargins ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-59
Author(s):  
Carla Macchiavello

This paper centers on the problem of influence in Latin American art analyzing some of the changes its conceptualization underwent during the 1970s and 1980s. Taking the case of Chilean conceptual practices during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship known as “escena de avanzada,” particularly the art actions of the collective CADA, and the isolationist discourses woven around it, this article attempts to reconnect what has been regarded as original political art forms to larger networks of relations where the question of what is proper to Latin American art was disputed.


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