April in Proa
Wednesday, 15th April
5:00 to 7:00 pm
The digital era: a challenge for the culture of XXI century
Conference by Paula Perissinotto
Director of International Festival of Electronic Languages (FILE) of San Pablo, Brasil
The International Festival of Electronic Languages (FILE) carries out in San Paul from 2000. Year after year, they present works in format of video, animation, cinema and new means, with the aim to create an international platform that dialogue with the problematic ones of the digital global culture, promoting aesthetics and cultural events. During her presentation, Paula Perissinotto will work around the question of the cyberaesthetic production and the characteristic of co-authorship, which is inherent in these productions. In addition, she will explain as what way the project FILE offers in the cultural national and international context (strategies, successes and problems).
Reservations: auditorio@proa.org / 4104-1000
Admission: General $ 10.- / Students $ 6.- Includes access to the exhibitions.
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Satudary, April 18th
5:00 to 7:00 pm
Juan Maidagan / Dolores Zinny
“Recorrido a través de su obra: Instead of Heaven Architecture”
Presenta: Juan Forn
In the work of Juan Maidagan and Dolores Zinny, they are present the space and the reflection brings over of the fiction, across other realities. Their works combine the design, the painting, the sculpture and the architecture, in a permanent reflection over the exhibiton space.
Reservations: auditorio@proa.org / 4104-1000
Admission: General $ 10.- / Students $ 6.- Includes access to the exhibitions.
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Domingo 19 de abril
5:00 to 7:00 pm
Leandro Erlich
Recorrido a través de su obra
Presenta: Juan Maidagan
In his works, Leandro Erlich questions the perception of the reality and recreates common places, which he controls by means of the illusion and the game of the spectator in the space. In this meeting, the artist will present the works that he made throughout last years, will refer to his path and to the creative process, and will penetrate into the central subject matters of his works. In addition, there will refer to the installation “El consultorio del psicoanalista”, that is now showing for the first time in Argentina.
Reservations: auditorio@proa.org / 4104-1000
Admission: General $ 10.- / Students $ 6.- Includes access to the exhibitions.
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Saturday, April 25th
5:00 to 7:00 pm
The artist book: its origin, developement and history
Panelists: Fernando Davis, Juan Carlos Romero
Presents: Cecilia Rabossi
Meeting organized in occasion of the exhibition artist’s Books of the Collection Luigi Pecci de Prato, who allows to explore the variants of the artist’s book while artistic expression, across a tour around its history.
Reservations: auditorio@proa.org / 4104-1000
Admission: General $ 10.- / Students $ 6.- Includes access to the exhibitions.
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Sunday, April 26th
5:00 to 7:00 pm
Presentation of “Block”, by Jorge Macchi
With Jorge Macchi, Giorgio Guglielmino, Mario Gemin
In occasion of the installation made by the artist Jorge Macchi in Proa Library, it will be presented the book Block, which offers a not chronological panorama of the drawings that he made between 1996 and 2008. During this meeting, Jorge Macchi will talk about the place that the artist’s book occupies inside his production, Giorgio Guglielmino will present Block’s fundamental aspects, and Mario Gemin will approach the principal characteristics of the design in the artist’s book.
Reservations: auditorio@proa.org / 4104-1000
Admission: General $ 10.- / Students $ 6.- Includes access to the exhibitions.
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Tags: David Lamelas, Dolores Zinny, Fernando David, Giorgio Guglielmino, Juan Carlos Romero, Juan Forn, Juan Madaigán, Leandro Erlich, Mario Gemín, Paula Perissinoto