The Bogotá Planetarium receives “Monumental Review”, exhibition of the experimental radio and audiovisual station of Idartes

Until April 18, the exhibition Monumental Review will be available, which is born from the second edition of the Urban Laboratory Technofeminism, Art and Dissidence, organized by C K:\WEB, a program of the District Institute of Arts and directed by professor and researcher Julia Buenaventura.

This laboratory, which had as its theme The ones above and those below: women and monuments, proposed creating actions around existing monuments through a critical look. Based on what was discussed in these sessions, the creation of audiovisual pieces or collective actions was encouraged, which also seek to promote the creative use of technologies.

Through different activities, including theoretical meetings, an urban tour and a community lunch, the participants reflected on existing monuments and their symbolism from a critical perspective, in order to provoke the participants to create their own piece and to work collectively on an artistic proposal related to these constructions.

The participants shared some of their reflections and proposals that will be part of an audiovisual piece of the compendium of contents and memories of the laboratory. There will also be a sample of results in the corridor on the second floor of the Bogotá Planetarium.

All the works were curated by Julia Buenaventura, a PhD in Architecture and Urbanism from the University of São Paulo - USP in Brazil and a master's degree in History, Criticism and Theory of Art and Architecture from the National University of Colombia. She did her postdoctoral research at the School of Communications and Arts of the ECA-USP São Paulo, Brazil where she was a professor in the postgraduate area. She is a professor at the University of Los Andes and the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. She is also a contributor to ArtNexus magazine - USA and Latin America - and the Forum Permanente website, Brazil. He has written the books Dust you are: the passage of time and In the first person: six passages about Feliza Bursztyn.

The exhibition can be visited on the second floor of the Bogotá Planetarium and is free to enter.

Idartes announced the dates of the Festivals al Parque, forums, biennials and cycles that will be held in Bogotá during the rest of the year.

The director of Idartes, Catalina Valencia, announced that the Salsa al Parque festival will be held on June 4 and 5. This festival, as added by the official, will be followed by Hip Hop in the Park, which will take place on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 July.

On July 24 and 25, the La Media Torta Open Air Theatre will dedicate an exclusive space to the joropo, as they will open the doors to the Llanero Festival, an event with which they hope not only to bring together the Llanera community that lives in the capital of the country, but also Venezuelan migrants who are also “lovers of the genre”.

This year's cultural program will also include the traditional Pink Cycle of the Bogotá Cinematheque, an audiovisual event that will take place from 2 to 12 July. In addition, according to the director of Idartes, for the first time Bogotá will host the international meeting of film commissions, Cineposium.

On September 1, 2 and 3, Bogotá will host the 2nd International Dialogue Cultures in Common, a space designed to “dialogue, make visible and reflect on neighborhood and rural cultural expressions” in the capital. According to the director of Idartes, the event will feature Brazil as the guest country; Urabá as the guest region, while Ciudad Bolivar will be the host town.

In October, the entity is scheduled for the first International Art Biennial for Early Childhood, while from 10 to 20 November, the Dance in the City Festival will hold its 15th edition. Among the offer of this initiative, there will be public dances, immersive experiences, among others.

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