caritomartinez: October 2010

Wednesday, 27 October 2010

La Otra

I visited La Otra Feria de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, and independent art fair parallel to the big commercial orientated ArtBo (which I didn't visit).
Exhibitions, galleries and talks took place at the recently refurbished Hotel Continental and in my opinion it was a fresh and different approach to this type of event, specially for the character that the venue itself brought to the show.
Visit the website if you're interested to know more about it, I took plenty of pictures myself but sadly I have to edit since I don't want to make this post long and boring.
http://laotraferia.com/home/

The building its a mixture of contemporary we haven't finished-is in the making-there is no more money left-sort and the crafted details of 50's architecture but in some corners of the place it works well and it connects positively with the show.

Existo, a commercial gallery mocking the Exito supermarket chain.

Andres Foglia Economía de las Ideas / Installation / 2010

Camila Botero El estado presente / Lights Installation / 2010

I love the images and atmosphere that this work produces

Daniel Santago Salguero Diarios a distancia/ Photography / 2010

Now, this is what I consider one of the highlights of La Otra: Intervención Continental, an exhibition that reflects about the space and the history of the place where the show is held, a tale told by images and objects about the tragic, the ironic and the iconic stories of the city that we live in and the events that made it what it is today. A thoughtful choice of artists, subjects and space that makes the audience consider the past and present of colombian history.
Visit http://www.intervencioncontinental.com/

Jaime Avila Bomba Roja (la izquierda y la derecha) / 2006

Julián Santana Monumento Continental /2010

Julián Santana Transnacional /2010

Miguel Angel Rojas Dos tazas /2010

Monday, 18 October 2010

Black Sands

One day baby, we will feel better
Or better, we won't feel anything at all.

But let's hope for one day
Of no confusion
And no pain

A clear mind
Like that sky
Without clouds

I won't feel silly, I won't feel shy
I will love you with all my heart
I'll see your eyes and I'll feel everything is worth a try.

They say we are obsessed with ourselves
But truth is
There's no one else
We are alone and no one cares.

In black sands we walk and we can't see the path
Neither ahead us, neither behind.

Field Trip

I have started a short course at my old uni (Universidad Javeriana), an introductory workshop to exhibition design, production and set up for museums, galleries and art institutions with teacher Ana Maria Ayala. So far very interesting and helpful (and it made me realize I could have studied something a little bit more applicable to the real world like, museology). Our first field trip was a very short visit to a very small museum in Bogota, Museo del Traje Regional (Regional Costumes Museum or something like that...) where we're going to develop mock up proposals of renewal or redesign that could improve the look of the museum. This would be shown by the end of the course as our personal projects so I'll be posting my work when is finished.

After that visit on Saturday, I finally went to see the current temporary exhibitions at Casa de la Moneda and Museo de Arte del Banco de la República check http://www.banrepcultural.org/museos-y-colecciones
I should say I really enjoyed them and felt very pleased with the high quality of the curatorial proposal of the three exhibitions I saw, and the very professional approach to the production and set up of them. Here some pics from it.

RE-CAMARAS