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Art and aftermath of war in Colombia

“There is an aesthetic precariousness, poverty, and neglect in the open desolation where the dead have neither surnames nor temples.”   Reina Magdariaga Lardue   The Colombian artists Bibiana Vélez and Cristo Hoyos express in their art a reflection of the consequences of the armed conflict in their country. Starting […]

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Owen Gower: Still the enemy within

The Scottish producer talks about his latest film. His first documentary film as a director is on the miners’ strikes that ravaged the country 30 years ago.   Fernando Marín Gascón   “We knew people who had lived through the strikes themselves, with experiences that had to be told” is […]