An example of this is in the Patagonian province of Chabut, where the Mapuche and Tehuelche continue to exchange culture with the Welsh. These British descendants “feel Argentinean and continue to respect the Welsh traditions.” The Prisma’s Memoirs. September 2015 Juanjo Andres Cuervo “Since their arrival, the Welsh […]
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Renato Rocha: accelerating understanding of diversity
He is the Director of ‘Acelere’ the production by Circolombia now in London: a different way of using art as a means of social integration. The Prisma’s Memoirs. May 2015 Interview: Juanjo Andrés Cuervo Born in Brazil, Renato Rocha has spent many years working in London. His main […]
Words to remember Clarice Lispector
Writing, says Lispector, is not knowing what’s coming next. To find out, we throw another word out, as bait: which words will take the bait, if indeed any? Or will nothing follow but a void? Carlos Skliar* If it’s true that the world started with a yes, wrote […]
Ventura Pons and Ignasi M: “Films are what directors are”
The Catalonian director took a gamble on a documentary about the true-life story and difficulties of the life of a famous gay HIV-positive museum curator. Virginia Moreno Molina The idea of the documentary “Ignasi M” emerged by chance while Ventura Pons was trying to picture a “silly” North […]
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 […]