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I had no idea Guatemala was such a rough place. What did the government hope to accomplish by killing the artists? I like Rigos simple roots street recordings and such. Sounds like interesting stuff.
I found that Rigo Pex's story was interesting. His version of curating is much better than any I have heard. What I have seen of modern art curating is so specialized that it almost has moved to another plane. It seems like a much better plan to allow the artists more freedom in a space. I liked the way he said he saw himself as a person who compels, (enabler) the artist rather than a manager.
As for his videos, I wish I spoke Spanish, and knew more about Guatemalan art history, to better understand where he was coming from. I did understand a bit of one of them, about Guatemala's not wanting the Euro(unless that was Spain).
One interesting comment that drove me to think further about it was when he mentioned that most art somehow becomes political. The story of Guatemalan artist silencing really tells why the art may have been political because it was the current events of the area. In general it seems that art that is political is used a method of expression or criticism. Not all of this has to be a bad criticism (it could very well be humor), but it offers a voice that might have otherwise not been heard (i.e. outside of democracy).
Rigo's idea of collaborative curating is really fascinating in that it allows him to be the organizer that people need for their work but also still explore his own artistic interest.
Abandoned warehouse festivals. Where are all the abandoned warehouses where we are?
I also watched his two video's on his website. The second of which was a music video which somehow combined, youtube, video games, and a dance party. He found a way to connect 8 bit characters to the real world. He also played around with time a bit, moving images backwards and forwards, which is something we have been doing all semester. Also, i feel like i had heard the song before (anyone else feel like that?)
Being both an artist and a curator gives him interesting perspective I am sure. Also given the background he comes from would seem to be a source for art. (as he mentioned the political art)
Rigo's story was pretty shocking but certainly inspiring. It really shows how sheltered I am here in Maine. I really know nothing of the world. I enjoyed listening to his story, especially the project that got him out of Guatemala. I love things like that, people watching and catching bits and pieces of people's conversations. Just the other day I walked by someone who was on the phone and they said they almost got run over by a deer walking across campus. Everyone has a story to tell.
Did anyone catch his website address? I couldn't find it.
Rigo was deffinitly a interesting charachter and seemed to be much of an individual. What was that thing he was doing in the intro with his hands and eyes? the intro and outro i found amusing.
political art can be extremely powerful and spread its point across very effectively and quickly. It can have a great impact on culture and revolt against a unstable or un agreed with government of a country. I had know prior knowledge of Guatemala or its history in art and this short lecture, if you want to call it that, could spark some further investigation of Guatemala for myself.
art tends to becomes political
Its been very interesting to here all the different stories and backgrounds form artists all over. Maine can be a very sheltered place, we're content and considerably happy in our scenic, agricultural state. Being abroad fro Uni has really opened my eyes to other views, but it has been great to see beyond the UK and to here more. It gives me the travel bug, and I would really enjoy and benefit form traveling and meeting/ experiencing as much as I can, good and bad.
Rigos story is inspiring and gives him so much more depth to him and his work. He seems to be the type of guy you could easily talk to for hours. The fact that hes a curator and artist is very interesting and I think would really benefit many. He has a different view, and as his approach of 'collaborative curation' really shows how important collaboration is because their are many different view points, and everyone has a story, its just whether we're willing to listen and how we take in the information.
The most interesting part in this lecture for me was when Rigo talked about how art tends to reflect what is currently happening around us. This is mostly because the artists tend to put their current emotional feelings into their artwork, whether they believe it or not. As mentally lok back on my work, this seems to be the case for me. Video is the medium I choose most often, and it is mostly because through the creation of narrative on video, as the creator, you have the power to evoke your audience with whatever feelings and emotions you portray.
We tend to live through our art because we have experienced certain things. Since artists, for the most part have complete freedom to base and theme their pieces on whatever they like, they often find themselves creating art which reflects their current experience of living. After all, is it not the main goal of artists to evoke some sort of emotion from their pieces? Most often than not, the pieces reflect the current emotion of the artist.
Although art often becomes "political" i feel that may not be the intent of artists. Many artists convey heavy themes and subject matter through their work; usually it is a subject they are passionate about. When this work enters the public, it can be appropriated and repurposed by political groups. Often, this means opposotion to political groups also falls upon the appropriated art. Corny Example: Born in the USA was a song about being young during hard times. Reagan's reelection campaign bought the rights to it and used it as a highly nationalist, patriotic victory anthem. Likewise, The politicizing of art isn't always the choice of the artist.
Seriously, where are all the abandoned warehouse parties, that's a legitimate question.
Anyways I thought Rigo was easily the most interesting subject of all, also probably the most unstable as well. He had a lot of interesting things to say and it seems like he's pretty much got it made as an artist/curator. Also hearing about the political history of Guatemalan culture was pretty intriguing, it's hard to believe that people where killed because of art.
I also checked out http://meneo.blip.tv/, that's insane. I watched the first demo reel and was really curious as to whether that was Rigo dancing, because if it is...wow.
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