516 ARTS is bringing together artists from across Latin America, as well as some locally based talents, for their Digital Latin America exhibition. The exhibition opens today with a block party from 5pm-9pm. We got a chance to capture a few of the artists speaking about their works in the exhibition and some of the themes involved in their work.
From 516 ARTS:
Digital Latin America is an outgrowth of the Latin American Forum for the award-winning International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA2012) produced by 516 ARTS last fall (www.isea2012.org). It will explore the North/South axis of cultural development and exchange between South America, Central America and the Southwest United States.
Connecting individuals, cultures, traditions and social histories to a rapidly expanding global network remains not only a pressing challenge but a profound opportunity and necessity. The utopian notion of closing the digital divide represents a paradigm shift that encourages the participation of all communities and cultures to express themselves through contemporary methods and continue a progressive existence in today's technology dependent society. Digital Latin America looks at the ways in which artists negotiate the complex terrain between global and local, virtual and real, and political and private, in the creation of work that proposes alternative understandings of technology, art and cultural exchange.
Digital Latin America opening and block party
Saturday, June 7, 5 to 9pm
Exhibition ongoing through August 30
Location:
516 ARTS
516 Central SW; block party outdoors on Central between Fifth and Sixth Streets
242-1445, 516arts.org
FREE
Symposium:
Saturday, June 7, 10am to 4:15pm, and Sunday, June 8, 11am to 4:15pm
Albuquerque Museum of Art & History
2000 Mountain NW
Admission: $55 general, $50 516 ARTS members, $25 students
Register here
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