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DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES
In the last years, the creative young of Rosario tried to upgrade
their education outside the city following up an individually drawn
plan that is sometimes achieved in a disorderly and partial way
and implies an emotional and economic cost, that for many, is restrictive.
To meet the high demand of young artists, of non and graduates from
the arts school, “El Levante Workshop” was created, mainly,
from an informative and exchange forum of their own production.
The purpose of the workshop, firstly is to set up a training space
of great critical spirit and at the same time, to work as a link
or exchange means among independent organizations of national and
international artists, highlighting the transversal communication
links, from province to province and from our country to the neighboring
ones (Mercosur).
Secondly, we aspire to contribute with the broadening and consolidation
of a more mature, dynamic and complex cultural atmosphere for Rosario
and from here on, make a national contribution to the rest of the
country. However, this objective goes beyond the workshop’s
responsibility, it is of great concern to us to offer the artistic
community a series of open activities.
Like first offers, a workshop has been
organized which meets every fifteen days. For the first meeting
of the month, a national artist is invited and for the second meeting,
the local artists who are responsible for the continuous follow
up of the workshop participants’ individual processes are present,
to ease the meetings and exchanges among makers of different experiences
and backgrounds and to give room to various voices and perspectives
that would enable them to think of things from another point of
view and expand the limits of the artistic field. Basically, we
work out of the workshop members’ production. We embrace their
production from very different points of view and approaches, analyzing
their technical aspects, whether formal or conceptual, and we foster
the relationships not only from and towards the artistic field but
also from and towards other disciplines in order to perceive fairly
direct connections and some other random ones thus, building up
transversal or diagonal visions.
We also want to give room to life experiences and circumstances,
emotional relationships and personal stories, very much convinced
that we would rather show human characteristics than be labeled
as objective or impervious to human desires and actions.
Attached to the previously mentioned working agenda, the “Centro
Cultural Parque de España” is going to sponsor the visit
of culturally and artistically related foreigners.
The activities are going to be held in the conference room of the
Centro Cultural del Parque de España, located on the Parana
river banks and at the “El Levante” workshop situated
in Pichincha neighborhood, the ancient red zone of Rosario, whose
symbolic rebirth stimulates the development and enforcement of cultural
activities of different essence and history.
The secondly posed objective, of more immediate characteristic,
will be made in terms of how the experience unfolds. Here is a list
of the activities: the organization of some discussion sessions
and seminars on education and artistic practice, the setting up
of a “debate venue”, internet and work exchange, the establishment
of a library network, an area of experiences, and so on.
It is our strongest desire that this
program, through the exchange and proposed working plan, is built
on an qualified alternative-driven space where the possibilities
for our regional artists are multiplied and where the art problems
under the social-political circumstances that characterize us are
articulated.
Calendar 2004
An 8-month program has been thought. (April/November)
We will continue applying the same method we have so far implemented.
Locally, we will receive the monthly visit of a national guest-artist
pinpointing interdisciplinary character, as criteria when choosing
the working agenda.
There will be a new call for artists, about 15, to make up a new
group to start a new process and interact with the already existent
group.
From this year’s experience we thought of creating the figure
of “beholder” to enable the approach of a greater number
of young artists of the milieu.
For these matters, and to provide an answer to the increasing need
for exchange and communication; we believe, it will be necessary
to enlarge our premises and funding sources.
machadomauro@hotmail.com
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