A reconstruction [RECON] of John Cage’s infamous 4’33″ (silence) using 68 amateur and professional performances sourced from YouTube. In this film (and others) I am interested specifically in the idea of folk art. Although the term “folk” when applied to art and music has been reduced to a genre in recent times, it was originally used to talk about songs and artforms that belonged to the people (to the volk). For instance, before the music industry territorialized folk as a “genre” of music (to help with categorizing music into sellable units) folk music referred to songs which “ordinary” or “everyday” people would sit around and sing together (at parties, at celebrations, etc.). What interests me is that particular avant-garde works which up until a few years ago would never have been seen by the general population have suddenly become “folk” works – they are being remade and revisioned by large numbers of people, many of them who do not claim to be “artists.” In a sense these works deterritorialize the category of “high-art” and reclaim these works for the people (as “folk” art).

Encontrado en el Grupo de Mix & Match de Vimeo

XII Ciclo de Música Contemporánea @ Museo Vostell Malpartida

- Viernes 10 de Septiembre 2010 – Victor Gama
- Jueves 16 de Septiembre 2010 – David Fenech, Ghédalia Tazartès & Jac Berrocal
- Viernes 17 de Septiembre 2010 – Maggie Nicols & Phil Minton
- Jueves 23 de Septiembre 2010 – Roberto Mallo, Miguel A. García
- Viernes 24 de Septiembre 2010 – Francisco López

Entrada gratuita

Museo Vostell Malpartida
Carretera de los Barruecos, s/n
10910 Malpartida de Cáceres (Cáceres)

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Vuelve una de las citas más importantes, en cuanto a media art se refiere, de Europa y del mundo mundial. Y vuelve a proponer un espacio de reflexión acorde con su tiempo: “REPAIR – Ready to pull the lifeline”. Algo así como “Reparación, preparado para tirar del cabo de salvamento”. Personalmente me gusta la idea de repensar, reinventar, pero discrepo un poco del tono “entusiasta/veloz”. Leyendo el texto de Ars Electronica 2010 da una sensación de urgencia que es propia del paradigma desarrollista que se supone que nos ha llevado a esta misma situación. Y bueno seguro que hay muchas otras críticas posibles, pero en todo caso, REPAIR seguirá siendo una buena oportunidad, del 2 al 11 de septiembre, para conocer las propuestas, debates, performances, actuaciones de la gente más puntera. Permaneceremos a la escucha.

There’s no time left for warnings. We’re in it up to our necks right now—in the climate crisis, Surveillance Society, the bankruptcy of the financial sector … We’ve passed the points of no return. The dramatic consequences are looming on the horizon today. And there’s no excuse for our lethargy since we already possess ideas, tools and techniques to initiate a change of course. We just have to take action! Roll up our sleeves and get to work on a job that can no longer be avoided. We have to mend our ways and get things moving in the right direction.

In search of ways out of this mess we’ve gotten into, the 2010 Festival for Art, Technology and Society turns to the pioneers of our age. Not the adventurers who’ve sailed forth because they wanted to find out what awaits them on the other side, but rather the visionaries who are bringing expertise as well as a great deal of creativity and idealism to bear in their work on an alternative future. repair is the title of a festival designed to pursue the paths opened up by these trailblazers and to show why it’s imperative for us to follow their lead …

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