Coordinated by Giuliana Vidarte
In this series of conversations, current debates for the creation ecosystems of Latin America were addressed. From the fields of visual arts, curatorial practice, collecting, and art history research, meetings were held where current themes and problems in contemporary contexts were discussed.
Reviewing experiences in artistic creation, museum and collection work, production of exhibitions, and publications were the starting points for establishing exchanges and contributing to the strengthening of networks for dialogue and collaboration for contemporary Latin American visual arts.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Book Presentation: Mariella Agois. Geometric Systems
Presentation of the publication that proposed a review of the pictorial explorations in geometric art and the development of patterns over the last fifteen years by Peruvian artist Mariella Agois.
Participants:
Verónica Majluf, Designer of the publication Mariella Agois. Geometric Systems
Luisa Fernanda Lindo, Writer, curator, and cultural manager, Lima, Peru
Max Hernández Calvo, Independent curator, researcher, and art critic, Lima, Peru
Paulo Dam, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at PUCP and Curator of the exhibition Mariella Agois. Geometric Systems. Paintings 2008 – 2023 (MALI), Lima, Peru.
Moderated by: Jorge Villacorta, Curator of the exhibition Mariella Agois. Geometric Systems. Paintings 2008 – 2023 (MALI), Lima, Peru
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Curating and Researching Contemporary Amazonian Art
Talk about the challenges in current research work on creation practices originating from the Peruvian Amazon.
Participants:
María Eugenia Yllia, Art historian, curator, and museologist, Lima, Peru
Gerardo Castillo, Director of the PhD in Anthropology at PUCP and of the Study Group The City in the Amazon, Lima, Peru
Moderated by: Giuliana Vidarte, independent curator, Lima, Peru
Friday, April 26, 2024
4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Is the Future Self-Managed? A conversation on the opportunities and challenges of artist-run galleries in Latin America
Alongside founders and directors of prominent galleries in Latin America, participants in the NEXT section, this panel analyzed how the experience as artists impacts commercial decision-making, as well as their experimental and creative approaches to displaying artworks. It also explored how these aspects have supported the careers of their represented artists and redefined the cultural landscape of contemporary art.
Participants:
Antonio Villa, Constitución Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bernardo Montoya, Salón Comunal, Bogotá, Colombia
Guido Yannito, Remota Gallery, Salta, Argentina
Juan Diego Tobalina, Enhorabuena, Lima/Madrid, Spain.
Moderated by: Florencia Portocarrero, Curator of NEXT Pinta PArC, Lima, Peru
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
The Territory of Traditional Knowledge and Curatorial Practices
This conversation reviewed recent cases of exhibition projects linked to traditional creation practices and indigenous knowledge, showing new ways to integrate diverse artistic proposals and new views on cultural and museum institutionalism from the curatorial work.
Participants:
Beatriz Lemos, Curator Coordinator at Instituto Inhotim, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Sadith Silvano, Traditional visual artist and active leader of the Shipibo-konibo people, Lima, Peru
Gabriela Germaná, PhD in History and Critique of Art and independent curator, Lima, Peru
Moderated by: Giuliana Vidarte
Presented by Arte al Día
Saturday, April 27, 2024
4:00 to 5:20 p.m.
Tribute to Jorge Eduardo Eielson
100 years after the birth of artist Jorge Eduardo Eielson, this conversation reviewed the legacy of this artist today, analyzing his relevance and influence on contemporary creation practices in Peru.
Participants:
Alejandra Ortiz de Zevallos, artist, Lima, Peru
Ricardo Wiesse, artist, Lima, Peru
Moderated by: Sharon Lerner, Director of the Lima Art Museum, Peru
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Curating Collections
This conversation addressed the challenges for the development of curatorial work in the context of working with contemporary collections and archives.
Participants: Laura Hakel, Curator of the Collection and Artistic Projects of the Ama Amoedo Foundation and ISLAA Curatorial Fellow at the New Museum, New York, USA
Giuliana Vidarte (Lima, 1981)
Curator, art historian and teacher. She has developed research and exhibition projects on the relationship between visual arts and literature, the rewriting of history from the recovery of unofficial discourses and the history of the arts and contemporary creation from the Peruvian Amazon. She works as a Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and develops projects as an independent curator and researcher. Between 2015 and 2018, she was curator of the research, management and promotion project of Amazonian art Bufeo. Amazonía+Arte. In 2019, she was curatorial assistant of the Peruvian Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale. Between 2018 and 2023, she was Head of Curatorial and Collection at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Lima.