Archive for July, 2017

Excerpt from Violeta Parra biography ‘The Restless Life’

Jul 29, 2017 Comments Off on Excerpt from Violeta Parra biography ‘The Restless Life’ by

Prologue of The Restless Life: Essential biography of Violeta Parra [La vida intranquila: Biografía esencial de Violeta Parra, Planeta Chile, 2017] by Fernando Sáez, printed here with the permission of the author. Too many words have been spoken and written about the complicated relationship of Chile, that abstract entity for which no one takes responsibility, with […]

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Pepe Viyuela habla con Ventana Latina sobre su reciente paso por Londres en el Festelón

Jul 26, 2017 Comments Off on Pepe Viyuela habla con Ventana Latina sobre su reciente paso por Londres en el Festelón

Por María Estévez-Serrano A su paso por Londres Pepe Viyuela, actor, payaso, poeta y al menos de formación, también filósofo; dejó sonrisas, reflexiones, carcajadas, sol y calor. Y es que este payaso sin fronteras actuó en la que ha sido, y probablemente será la semana más calurosa y soleada del año en la ciudad del […]

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Everybody goes wild

Jul 23, 2017 Comments Off on Everybody goes wild

Patriotismo Ryan Eckes, translated by Carlos Soto-Román Libros del Pez Espiral, 2017 Fifty green stars on the cover; seven green stripes on the back cover, like something you’d see on a lounge chair at the beach. Are stars & stripes patriotic if they’re green? Is this patriotism a form of aestheticism? What is patriotism, anyway? With […]

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‘Out of the Wings’ brings Spanish-language theatre to London

Jul 15, 2017 Comments Off on ‘Out of the Wings’ brings Spanish-language theatre to London

By Catherine Boyle Out of the Wings began in 2008 as a project whose aim it was to make the theatre of the Spanish-speaking world to English language audiences. Translations, readings, full professional productions, international collaborations with theatre practitioners and scholars and a website —www.outofthewings.org — have all played a role in the growing awareness of the huge range of […]

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Exhibition in memory of Guatemalan artist Francisco Auyón

Jul 12, 2017 Comments Off on Exhibition in memory of Guatemalan artist Francisco Auyón

‘With objects as images I respond to the eternal antinomies of life-death, sacrifice-redemption, sin-forgiveness, solid-void and the influence they have on individual and collective behaviour.’ Francisco Auyón, 1999 By Adam Robinson My work is in aid of Francisco’s memory, extending an evocation of him and his work. However, it is also about being in memories of […]

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Revitalización del mapudungun en Santiago de Chile, resistencia lingüística y cultural

Jul 06, 2017 Comments Off on Revitalización del mapudungun en Santiago de Chile, resistencia lingüística y cultural

Por Alejandra Vergara, [email protected]   El mapudungun es la lengua hablada por el pueblo mapuche en Chile y Argentina. Hoy en día es una de las lenguas indígenas de América Latina que se niega a desaparecer, a pesar del avanzado proceso de glotofagia (Calvet, 1997) en el cual ha sobrevivido durante siglos. En ambos Estados-naciones oficialmente […]

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