“On the 31st of August of a year that I shall not say, successive earthquakes will destroy Santa Fe…” Francisco Margallo Armando Orozco Tovar The Earth is an animal that shakes. It is a living being that has been turning since the moment of its known existence, and […]
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Everything collapses … we all collapse
This is what the founder of the Silva Poetry House discovered, on the day that celebrating the hundred year anniversary of an important poet, she ordered a sculpture to be made, in the form of a labyrinth of mirrors. Armando Orozco Tovar The sculpture was placed in the […]
Our cities are neither sustainable nor resilient
We are being sold the idea that our cities are sustainable and resilient. But to achieve environmental sustainability and mitigate climate change, we need cities to prioritise their natural surroundings and protect their biological and ecological diversity. John Elvis Vera S.* It is important that cities minimise the […]
Marcos Zimmermann: Diversity enriches, monochrome doesn’t
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 […]
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 […]
















