The world was built on ‘machismo’ when it was said that God was a man. A concept from which Bogota never escaped: a warped city until it became a metropolis without a beginning or end, of which the Spanish conquistador arbitrarily changed the name, from Bacatá to Bogotá.
Tag: art
Graffiti in London, a protest on the walls
They are works of art but aren’t displayed in galleries. They are critiques that silently shout from any wall, door or shutter of the city. They are battles that use spray-paints and creativity as weapons. . Benjamin Serra . For a few years now the capital of England has been […]
Josefina Astorga, error as art
This Chilean photographer takes us to a timeless, atmospheric, sensory place, with pictures of pictures which are faded and have become uncertain representations of an already non-existent reality. Yeanny González Peña The artist is just 28 and is one of the up-and-coming photographers who opened the Year of […]
The Beijing Opera, two centuries in the Chinese soul
It is a multidimensional art, which expresses the hopes and dreams of the Chinese people, a showcase of their culture and a particular form of transmitting ancient or contemporary stories. . Ilsa Rodriguez . It all started 200 years ago when a group of artists from the Anhui opera came […]
Audiovisual training for young people
From the 27th of April to the 18th of May the Colombian Consulate is giving a four week training course on film production. Audiovisual art has evolved throughout history to become one of the most prominent forms of visual expression, stemming from the human need to communicate and transmit emotion. […]