Movement of thought and creation on Colombia and Latin America that creates spaces for inclusion through art expression, culture, and processes of symbolization, in a quest for political power and meanings of the word, criticism, the recognition of difference and practice of consensus, rather than politics as a homogenizer, polarizing and alienating exercise.

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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Friday, December 10th - Salvagers - Matiz~Nuance Conversatorio

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Presents:

Salvagers

Curated by Sandra León.

With Works by Liliana Rodríguez, Álvaro Girón, Rubén Esguerra, Diego Marulanda and Alejandro Campos.

December 10 th.

7 P.M

Wychwood Theatre/Artscape Wychwood Barns

601 Christie Street

Toronto, ON, M6G 4C7


Memory is the common place where the body delves to find those images that evoke the transitory nature of identity. Constantly going back and forth, individuals move across time and space to reconstruct and resignify their territory, their roots and their present and past experiences. Similarly, for the Guambianos, indigenous people of Colombia, the concept of the spiral is linked to the territory and represents a continuous swing that never ends. Past, present and future constitute an inseparable unit at the center of their memory.

In Salvagers, five immigrant artists from Latin America travel through the spiral of memories, salvaging past experiences to revisit, reinvent them and harmonize them with the experiences of the present. Their works merge past and present time, synthesizing permanence and movement, while their identity is recreated as a site of constant transformation, nurtured by the many possibilities that time offers in different moments and places.

In the work of visual artist Liliana Rodriguez, the movement and the repetition of forms, as meditations on her individual cosmological realities, propose aesthetics where past and present converge. Documentary artist Alvaro Girón presents an audiovisual collage that elicits the tensions of being part of different cultures in a simultaneous process of acquiring and forgetting elements of identity. Ethnomusicologist Rubén Esguerra researches his cultural roots to connect with his current identity, which he attempts to define through self-knowledge. Singer and songwriter Diego Marulanda reinvents memory in a lyrical fabric that evolves musically, without losing sight of the trail of his ancestors. Finally, researcher and sociologist Alejandro Campos, in his work about a group of Cuban artists who strive to recover their cultural roots, reflects on the concept of identity and its consequences for subject formation and the narrative of diaspora.

The artists will present their work in the first half of the program and will engage in dialog in the second half.

Salvagers is part of a series of presentations and round table discussions organized by Matiz-Nuance MultiArts Movement. This series, which addresses the political and the psychological through Latin American artists in Toronto, will integrate different artistic and academic perspectives to generate discussions and dialogue between the public and participating artists.

This series is carried out thanks to the the support of the Ontario Arts Council, AluCine Toronto Latin Media Arts Festival, Francisco Garzón and the knowledge and collaboration of e-fagia organization, Gloria Trujillo, Arlan Londoño, Claudio Saldivia and Camilo Zabala.


Special acknowledgment for the immense encouragement

of Juan Felipe Ocampo.

Contact Info:
Matiz~Nuance MultiArts Movement Team
647-309-0419

416-571-0231
matiz.nuance@gmail.com

Sandra Leon
Anthropologist and Curator
416-551-1982
matiz.nuance@gmail.com


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Presents:

Salvagers

Curaduria por Sandra León.

Con trabajos de Liliana Rodríguez, Álvaro Girón, Rubén Esguerra, Diego Marulanda y Alejandro Campos.

Viernes, 10 de Diciembre 2010

7 P.M
Wychwood Theatre/Artscape Wychwood Barns

601 Christie Street

Toronto, ON, M6G 4C7

La memoria es el lugar común donde el cuerpo se adentra para encontrar esas imágenes que evocan la naturaleza transitoria de la identidad. Constantemente yendo hacia atrás y hacia adelante, los individuos se mueven a través del tiempo y le espacio para reconstruir y resignificar su territorio, sus raíces y las experiencias del pasado y del presente. Similarmente para los indígenas Guambianos de Colombia, el concepto de la espiral está conectado con el territorio y representa un continuo vaivén que nunca termina. Pasado, presente y futuro constituyen una unidad inseparable en el centro de su memoria.

En Salvagers, cinco artistas inmigrantes Latino Americanos viajan a través de la espiral de sus recuerdos, rescatando experiencias pasadas para traerlas de vuelta, reinventarlas y harmonizarlas con las experiencias del presente. Sus trabajos combinan el tiempo pasado y presente sintetizando la permanencia y el movimiento, mientras que su identidad es recreada como un sitio de constante transformación, nutrido por las múltiples posibilidades que el tiempo ofrece en diferentes momentos y lugares.

En el trabajo de la artista visual Liliana Rodríguez, el movimiento y la repetición de formas, como meditaciones de sus realidades comológicas personales en las que propone estéticas donde el pasado y el presente convergen. El artista documental Alvaro Girón presenta un collage audiovisual que provoca las tensiones de ser parte culturas diferentes en un proceso simultáneo de adquirir y olvidar elementos de identidad. El etnomusicólogo Ruben Esgerra investiga sus raíces culturales para conectarse con su identidad actual, lo que el intenta definir a través del conocimiento de sí mismo. El compositor y cantante Diego Marulanda reinventa la memoria en una fabrica lírica que evoluciona musicalmente, sin perder de vista el rastro de sus ancestros. Finalmente, el investigador y sociológo Alejandro Campos, con su trabajo acerca de un grupo de artistas cubanos que se esfuerzan por recuperar sus raices culturales, refleja el concepto de identidad y sus consecuencias culturales en la formacion del sujeto y la narración de la diáspora contemporánea.

Los artistas presentaran sus trabajos en la primera mitad del programa y en la segunda mitad engancharan un dialogo, conversatorio con el publico.

Salvagers es parte de una serie de Conversatorios = presentaciones y mesa redonda (Laboratorio de conversación) organizadas por Movimiento Multiartistico Matiz-Nuance

Esta serie, aborda lo político, el cuerpo, la memoria y la identidad a través de artistas lationamericanos en Toronto, integra diferentes perspectivas artísticas y académicas para generar discusiones y dialogos entre el publico y los artistas participantes

Agradecemos al apoyo del Consejo de las Artes de Ontario, AluCine Festival Latinoamericano de Artes Visuales de Toronto, Francico Garzon y al conocimiento y la colaboracion de la organización e-fagia, Gloria Trujillo, Arlan Londoño, Claudio Saldivia y Camilo Zabala.


Agradecimiento especial por el inmenso e incondicional apoyo y fe de Juan Felipe Ocampo.


Contact Info:
Matiz~Nuance MultiArts Movement Team
647-309-0419

416-571-0231
matiz.nuance@gmail.com

Sandra Leon
Anthropologist and Curator
416-551-1982
matiz.nuance@gmail.com


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francisco@fgteam.ca | www.franciscogarzon.com

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Saturday, October 16, 2010

October 22th, "Fort-Da" Matiz~Nuance's Presentations & Round Table Discussions

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Presents:

Fort-Da
Curated by Carmen Ocampo


With works by Gullermina Buzio, Juana Awad,
Laura Barron, Julieta Maria & Jorge Arcila


October 22, 8PM

CineCycle
129 Spadina Avenue(Laneway)
Toronto, ON, M5V 3A8

Identity is located in the images that constitute and unify the body. These images come from memories and reflections of others that the body makes its own. But the movement of unification of the body is threatened with disintegration in the questions and contradictions that these images contain. The Freudian notion of the Fort-Da (German for gone-there), represents the basic dynamics of presence and absence that occurs in identification and self-recognition processes, articulating memory, body and identity.

In this presentation / round table discussion, five creators revisit and question their own memories, evoking their images of presences and absences. Appealing to identity movements in the subject and facing the anguish caused by the risk of disintegration, these artists scrutinize themselves and use their own bodies to create experiences and reflections, embodying the pleasure and pain of being in order to be.

Media artist Guillermina Buzio uses her body to explore issues of identity and the concept of ‘borderlands’ through performing everyday actions in abstract situations. Media artist and performer Juana Awad delves into the relationship between the body-live, the body-object and the absent body, to ultimately reflect upon the concept of "being". Visual artist Laura Barron explores the long process of adaptation to new cultures as a focal point in her art. Visual artist Julieta Maria, using video-recorded, personal performances, explores the movements of affect and the transgressing forces that puncture all human subjects. Ph.D. and psychologist Jorge Arcila revisits his memories in order to establish new relationships with the past and to link historical memory and collective remembrance to his current reality and identity.

The artists will present their work in the first half of the program and will engage in dialog in the second half.

Fort - Da is part of a series of presentations and round table discussions organized by Matiz-Nuance MultiArts Movement. This series, which addresses the political and the psychological through Latin American artists in Toronto, will integrate different artistic and academic perspectives to generate discussions and dialogue between the public and participating artists.

This series is carried out in collaboration with e-fagia organization. Thanks to the support of the Ontario Arts Council, aluCine Toronto Latin Media Arts Festival, Francisco Garzón and Gloria Trujillo.


Contact Info:
Matiz~Nuance MultiArts Movement Team
416-571-0231
416-551-1982
matiz.nuance@gmail.com

Carmen Ocampo
Psychologist and Curator
647-309-0419
matiz.nuance@gmail.com


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Friday, September 17, 2010

ABOUT THE PROJECT: Series of 'Conversatorios'

Body of Knowledge, together with Fort-Da and Salvage, constitute a
series of events in which we present different artists that appeal to
the body and to memory to reflect on issues of identity. By looking
at social oppressions and acknowledging the role of the other in the
construction of their own social and cultural body; by questioning
their limits, the absences and presences in their personal story; or
by salvaging the past and forging new encounters in a movement of
becoming where new opportunities of being may arise, these artists
use their body as an instrument: the body is the site of the passage
of time, the means to understand the experiences of others, and
the site where a creative movement is generated that looks for its
roots while engaging in new experiences.
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

September 14th, Matiz~Nuance Exhibition & Roundtable: "BODY OF KNOWLEDGE"


Tuesday September 14th
Time: 7-9PM
Wychwood Theatre/Artscape Wychwood Barns
601 Christie Street
Toronto, ON, M6G 4C7

“Body of knowledge” is part of a series of Exhibitions and round-table discussions organized by Matiz-Nuance MultiArts Movement. This series, which addresses the political through Latin American artists in Toronto, will integrate different artistic and academic perspectives to generate discussions and dialog between the public and the participating artists. “Body of Knowledge” will feature five artists who will present their work in the first half and will engage in dialog in the second half.

Curators:
Julieta Maria

Artists:

Olga Barrios, dancer.

Claudia Bernal, Interdisciplinary artist.
Pierre-Yves Serinet, Director of Magic Blancket Productions.
Jorge Lozano, film and video artist.
Rodrigo Hernandez, visual artist.


This series is carried out in collaboration with e-fagia organization and is co-presented by aluCine Festival and Allende Arts Festival. Thanks to the support of the Ontario Arts Council.




Contact Info:
Carmen Ocampo
Matiz~Nuance Executive Director
647-7285-280
movimientomatiz@gmail.com

Julieta Maria
Matiz~Nuance Curator
416-5710-231
julieta.spirits@gmail.com


Projects Info:

1. Dance - Behind Windows by Olga barrios Choreographer and Dancer.


Behind windows is a piece that depicts aspects of dehumanization of violence through acts of war. In this work I recount stories of women and men from Colombia, my country of origin. Though these are not events from my own personal history, I feel they are part of my story: there is a fear in the atmosphere of a silent war.

2. Performance
- The tree of oblivion by Claudia Bernal and Pierre-Yves Serinet.

The Tree of Oblivion is a piece in which the movements and actions are inspired by texts by Victor Jara and Pablo Neruda, two important figures of Latin American resistance. It is a mix of music, theatre and performance. Claudia and Pierre are brought to Toronto thanks to the support of AluCine Toronto Latin Media Arts Festival.

3. Video
The New(be)comers Adult Knowledge by Rodrigo Hernandez.

“The New(be)comers” is an artistic research project. The aims of the research is to investigate and reflect on the knowledge that newcomer adults bring with them when they arrive to Toronto, specifically the kind of knowledge which in light of their situation may become devalued. The New(be)comers employs artistic means to reconsider and document this knowledge and to disseminate this knowledge in the form of artworks, via their public presentation and circulation in cultural institutions, educational settings and publications: thus reaffirming its importance and generating interest on newcomers knowledge.

4. Video Moving Still- Still Life by Jorge Lozano.

Moving Still – Still Life is an experimental documentary in seven screens that reflects on youth and gang culture in a marginalized neighbourhood in Cali, Colombia. The split screens investigate how the environment affects the emotions and behavior of individuals, and also offers simultaneous views that frame the testimonies offered to the camera.

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