In Their Words

November 5, 2014

Antonieta Sosa by Franklin Fernández

This interview with the influential Venezuelan artist and educator Antonieta Sosa was conducted by Franklin Fernández. It was first published in Fernández's blog La imagen doble and its first English translation was commissioned and posted online by BOMB Magazine. It is published here in conjunction with Acts of Learning

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October 31, 2014

It's Always Intimate

Backroom Caracas

This dialogue between artist Florencia Alvarado and writer Natasha Tiniacos was originally published in the Venezuelan online platform Backroom. It is republished here in conjunction with "Acts of Learning", this year's edition of the annual Seminario Fundacion Cisneros taking place November 7–14, 2014 in Caracas.

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September 29, 2014

Juan Pablo Garza talks about the work of Christian Vinck

Tráfico Visual

In this video, originally published on ilikethisblog.net and featured on Tráfico Visual, Juan Pablo Garza reflects on fellow Venezuelan and Zuliano (from the state of Zulia) Christian Vinck's painting. Juan Pablo takes us through Vinck's works from the spaces where the artist lived in Maracaibo, the capital state of Zulia. Video by Juan Pablo Garza

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September 15, 2014

Gyula Kosice and the Madí Manifesto

Gyula Kosice

This historic recording of Gyula Kosice and Diyi Laañ reading the 1946 Madí Manifesto in Buenos Aires was found on an old acetate 78rpm record in Kosice’s archives.

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August 25, 2014

Leland Guyer on Translating Ferreira Gullar's Concrete Poetry

Artishock

In this interview Leland Guyer, the translator of Ferreira Gullar's poetic work, talks about the challenges and rewards of the translator’s job, and specifically, about his work related to Gullar’s poetry

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May 18, 2014

The Divergent Scene

Tráfico Visual

Both inside and outside of Venezuela, many are wondering what is going on with art in the face of the high level of political conflict that dominates the country.

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May 15, 2014

Social Art Practice and Corporate Social Ideology

Esfera Pública

Text adapted and edited for the web, based on the presentation “Social Practice and Social Corporate Responsibility,” part of the “Art and the Market” series at the University of the Andes, which took place from April 24–28, 2006.

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May 14, 2014

A Conversation With Cecilia Vicuña

Artishock

As part of the Artists for Democracy archival exhibition, hosted simultaneously by the Museum of Memory and Human Rights and the National Museum of Fine Arts...

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