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The Government of Mexico City, Fundación Coppel, the Probosque de Chapultepec and the Secretariat of the Environment (Sedema) organized the Insecta Forest Festival event which will take place in the First and Second Sections of the Chapultepec Forest from April 14 to 17. The event has an educational purpose with various cultural activities; a photographic exhibition, conferences, workshops, dramatized readings, picnics, operas, catwalk, plays and webinars.
Admission to the festival is completely free and open to the public. Its main objective is to admire, learn and learn about the life of insects that inhabit Mexico City, as well as to understand the importance of these species and take care of their ecosystems. Dr. Marina Robles García, head of Sedema, mentioned at a conference at Quinta Colorada that worldwide groups of pollinators, insects and birds are at alarming risk and that is why the uniqueness, diversity and complexity of insects is being commemorated.
Insecta Forest Festival includes three exhibitions, fifteen conferences, three dialogue tables, thirty workshops, thirteen theater performances, three operas and concerts inspired by the life of insects, as well as a bug runway. These activities included the Museum of Natural History and Environmental Culture, the Autonomous University of Mexico with the Institute of Biology, the Faculty of Arts and Design, the College of Dramatic Literature and Theatre, the Porrúa Bookstore and the Association for Reading, Listening, Writing and Recreating.
Insecta Festival del Bosque Billboard
Microsculpture Exhibition
Chapultepec Forest, I Section, In Puerta de los Leones. This exhibition is made up of 39 photographs by British artist Levon Biss who is a photographer from the United Kingdom. In the 1990s he began his career; exploration and his passion for insects led him to documentary photography.
Hours: 11 am to 4 pm from April 14 to 17.
Conferences, talks and dialogue tables given by specialists and biologists.
Gran Avenida, San Miguel Chapultepec I Section in the Site Museum.
Friday, April 15
11 am — Neuropteria and the hidden life of moths with Dr. Atilano Contreras and Dr. Ivonne Garzón (Dialogue Table).
12 pm — The Life of Insects (Dramatized Reading).
1 pm — La voz de la jungle with Mauricio de la Puente (keynote lecture)
2 pm — La voz de la jungle with Mauricio de la Puente (keynote lecture).
3 pm — The Revolt of the Forgotten Bugs (Children's Theatre).
Saturday, April 16
11 am — Insects our great allies with Dr. Alejandro Zaldivar (Keynote Lecture).
12 pm — The Life of Insects (Dramatized Reading)
1 pm — Secrets and wonders of the MHNCA Insect Collection with Biologist María Eugenia Díaz Batres (Keynote Lecture).
2 pm — The Insect Game: Butterflies (Dramatized Reading).
4 pm — The Princess Who Loved Insects (Dance-theater).
Sunday, April 17
11 am — Bees, Myths and Truths vs. Wasps with Dr. Ismael Hinojosa and Dr. Giovanna Jasso (Dialogue Table).
12 pm — The Life of Insects (Dramatized Reading).
1 pm — Insectidio with Andrés Cota (Keynote Lecture).
2 pm — The Life of Insects (Dramatized Reading).
4 pm — The Revolt of the Forgotten Bugs (Children's Theater).
Music Presentations
Avenida Paseo de la Reforma, I Section in the People's Kiosk. Duets, musical trios that will be accompanied by dramatized readings with actors characterized by insects.
Friday, April 15
10 am – Dúo insecta.
11 am — Dramatized reading.
12 pm – Cuarteto Insecta.
1 pm — Dramatized reading.
2 pm – Trío Insecta.
3 pm – Lectura dramatizada.
Saturday, April 16
10 am– Basasa acordeón solo.
11 am — Dramatized reading.
12 pm – Basasa dúo.
1 pm — Dramatized reading.
2 pm — Dramatized reading.
3 pm — Dramatized reading
Sunday, April 17
10 am – Basasa acordeón solo.
11 am — Dramatized reading.
12 pm – Basasa dúo.
1 pm — Dramatized reading.
2 pm – Basasa dúo.
3 pm — Dramatized reading.
Workshops and literary picnic
Avenue Paseo de la Reforma 126, I Section in the Botanical Garden. Along with the sculpture of the Oaxacan artist Amador Montes you will find different activities.
Friday, April 15
10 am — Photographing with the senses (Workshop Eyes that Feel).
11 am — Photographing with the senses (Workshop Eyes that Feel).
12 pm — Photographing with the senses (Workshop Eyes that Feel).
1 pm — Insecta Painting (Art Workshop for the whole family).
2 pm — Pintura Insecta (Art workshop for the whole family).
3 pm — Pintura Insecta (Art workshop for the whole family).
4 pm — Pintura Insecta (Art workshop for the whole family).
7 pm — Art exhibition of Amador Montes, welcome cocktail and a concert with visuals of insects.
Saturday, April 16
10 am — Our relationship with insects (Independent Cow Workshop).
11 am — Our Relationship with Insects (Independent Cow Workshop).
12 pm — Our Relationship with Insects (Independent Cow Workshop).
1 pm — Insecta Painting (Art Workshop for the whole family).
2 pm — Pintura Insecta (Art workshop for the whole family).
3 pm — Pintura Insecta (Art workshop for the whole family).
4 pm — Pintura Insecta (Art workshop for the whole family).
7:30 — Our Relationship with Insects (Independent Cow Workshop).
Sunday, April 17
10 am — Our Relationship with Insects (Independent Cow Workshop)
11 am — Our Relationship with Insects (Independent Cow Workshop).
12 pm — Our Relationship with Insects (Independent Cow Workshop).
1 pm — Insecta Painting (Art Workshop for the whole family).
2 pm — Pintura Insecta (Art workshop for the whole family).
3 pm — Pintura Insecta (Art workshop for the whole family).
4 pm — Pintura Insecta (Art workshop for the whole family).
Works and opera
Location within the Chapultepec Forest on the Isleta.
Sunday, April 17
11 am— The Life of Insects (Dramatized Reading).
11 am - Apoidea. Brief hexagonal opera (Opera).
1 pm — Concert to shake the antennas. Insect Swing (Music).
2 pm — Basasa quintet. Music from an invented country (Music).
4 pm — Concert for forest insects.
6 pm – Performance Breve Ópera migrante (Opera)..
6: 30 pm– Performance Insecta
7:30 pm– Dj y Video Mapping.
Dramatized readings
Official Residence of Los Pinos, I Section in the Parque de la Hormiga from Friday 15 to Sunday 17. Hours from 11 am to 3 pm.
Zoo Activities
Chivatito Road, I Section in the Chapultepec Zoo. From April 14 to 17, from 9 am to 3 pm.
Insectarium and Butterfly Farm.
Exhibition of bee stamps.
Fun activities to light up and assemble butterflies.
Instructions on how to create a hotel for insects.
Illustration conferences and workshops
Avenida de los Compositores, II Section at the Museum of Natural History and Environmental Culture.
Friday, April 15
10 am to 4 pm — The Beehive (Scientific Illustration Workshop).
11 am — The Life of Insects (Dramatized Reading).
12 pm — Artro... what? with Fernanda Mondragón Carrillo (Talk).
1 pm — The Princess Who Loved Insects (Dance-theater).
2 pm — The Life of Insects (Dramatized Reading).
4 pm — Insects: Scientific exploration with biologist José A. Parra (Talk).
Saturday, April 16
10 am to 4 pm — The Beehive (Scientific Illustration Workshop).
11 am — The Life of Insects (Dramatized Reading).
12 pm — Musical Effects of Insects with Martha Victoria Vargas (Conference).
1 pm — The Revolt of the Forgotten Bugs (Children's Theatre).
2 pm — The Life of Insects (Dramatized Reading).
4 pm — Coleoptera with Erick Said Pérez Carrillo (Talk).
Sunday, April 17
10 am to 4 pm — The Beehive (Scientific Illustration Workshop).
11 am — The Life of Insects (Dramatized Reading).
12 pm — The Wonderful World of Arthropods with Abraham Israel Hernandez López (Conference).
1 pm — The princess who loved insects (Dance-theater).
2 pm — The Life of Insects (Dramatized Reading).
4 pm — Lepidoptera with Erick Said Pérez Carrillo (MHNCA) (Talk).
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