the periphery
“We are the periphery of the periphery.”
Jennifer Smit on Dutch Caribbean art. Interview coming soon as part of Polvo’s TBA Mag on time-based art.
Jennifer Smit (1951) is an art historian and independent curator, residing in Curaçao. She was born on the island of Curaçao, she studied art history at the University of Amsterdam and graduated in 1980. She moved back to her native island in 1992. She has frequently curated Dutch Caribbean participation in exhibitions in the Caribbean region, such as Carivista in Barbados in 1998 and in 2000 the Bienal del Caribe in the Dominican Republic. Together with Adi Martis she wrote the first survey of the history of the visual arts of the Dutch Caribbean, Arte Dutch Caribbean Art, published in 2001. Presently she is a lecturer on non Western visual culture and art history at the Instituto Buena Bista, Curaçao Center for Contemporary Art. Frequently she lectures about Caribbean Art in Europe, the U.S. and the Caribbean region and has written extensively for local and Caribbean newspapers and journals about Dutch Caribbean art.
negro please/ the fuku
From, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (footnote on p.4)
“You want a final conclusive answer to the Warren Commission’s question, Who killed JFK? Let me, your humble Watcher, reveal once and for all the God’s Honest Truth: It wasn’t the mob or LBJ or the ghost of Marilyn Fucking Monroe. It wasn’t aliens or the KGB on a lone gunman. It wasn’t the Hunt Brothers of Texas of Lee Harvey or the Trilateral Commission. It was Trujillo; it was the fuku. Where in conazo do you think the so-called Curse of the Kennedys comes from? How about Vietnam? Why do you think the greatest power in the world lost its first war to a Third World country like Vietnam? I mean, Negro, please. It might interest you that just as the U.S. was ramping up its involvement in Vietnam, LBJ launched an illegal invasion of the Dominican Republic (April 28, 1965). (Santo Domingo was Iraq before Iraq was Iraq.) A smashing military success for the U.S., and many of the same units and intelligence teams that took part in the “democratization” of Santo Domingo were immediately shipped off to Saigon. What do you think these soldiers, technicians, and spooks carried with then, in their rucks, in their suitcases, in their shirt pockets, on the hair inside their nostrils, caked up around their shoes. Just a little gift from my people to America, a small repayment for an unjust war. That’s right, folks, Fuku.”
Call for submissions: Polvo Mag Spring/ Summer 08 Issue
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: POLVO MAGAZINE SPRING/SUMMER 2008 ISSUE
EMAIL SUBMISSIONS TO: archipelagaatgmaildotcom
“The light of the future casts the shadows of tomorrow.” Sun Ra
The TBA/ Time-Based Art issue will discuss performance art, sound,
video, and ephemera, and their relations to immediacy and fragility.
This issue will frame conversations on memory, the limits of time,
time-travel, and the role of art which is non-tangible and lives in
the memory. TBA will also explore the history of time-based art and
ways to contextualize this form of art-making. The TBA issue is
presented in conversation with “Space is the Place”, an exhibition on
time-based art co-presented by labotanica and Diaspora Vibe Gallery in
Miami, Florida.
DEADLINE: April 30, 2008
RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2008
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ARTWORK–please submit your work using jpeg format (high resolution
300dpi) indicate your contact info and bio in the document.
TEXT–please submit your work using rich text format or Word (if your
text includes images send them in jpeg format– high
resolution-300dpi)
indicate your contact info and bio in the document.
EMAIL SUBMISSIONS TO: archipelaga@gmail.com
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space is the place: seeking artists
“Space is the Place”, a new festival presented in the fall, presents art in non-traditional venues such as warehouses, hallways, storefronts, lobbies, and outdoors, with a focus on blurring the lines between art and life, and increasing access to the arts by people of all backgrounds. Featuring video, performance, sound, and installation, the festival injects the city with new time-based art that emphasizes space, time, and place. To participate as a venue, to propose an idea for a venue, or to participate as an artist, contact labotanica at la@labotanica.org. Please also contact to participate as a sponsor.
Artists interested should submit up to 7 images of actual work to be included in exhibition or relevant media documentation, artist statement including how work relates to the theme, and CV to laatlabotanicadotorg.
April 15, 2008 - Information due
June 1, 2008 - Artists notified on selection
August – September 2008 - Exhibition presented at Diaspora Vibe Gallery (Additional venues to be confirmed for touring).
Proposals will be submitted to various U.S. venues including, but Exhibition will be presented in Miami in August 2008.
labotanica grants deadline extended 02.29.08
The deadline for grant submissions has been extended to February 29, 2008.
labotanica’s grants program offers small support for creative projects that intersect poetics and social transformation. Offered twice a year, grants are supported by ten dollar donations from the public. Grant awards vary depending on total donations contributed by the deadline. To apply, artists must submit 500 word proposal, work sample, application and ten dollar donation to la@labotanica.org. For more information: http://labotanica.org/projects.html.
The grants program is developed from a belief that funding can be accessible and reciprocal. labotanica funds small scale projects that have the potential to multiply and be much more. Works of all media and genres are considered, and applicants of all backgrounds encouraged to apply. Grants deadlines are twice a year in January and June.
labotanica is an artist-run resource mapping intersections of poetics and social transformation. labotanica uses flexible, open-ended formats to engage the community to examine progressive cultural and social practices.
States of Exchange: Artists from Cuba
23 January - 22 March 2008
Image: Jeanette Chávez
Autocensura / Self-Censorship, 2006
Video, 2:52 min
Iniva
Rivington Place, London, EC2A 3BA, UK
States of Exchange: Artists from Cuba, Iniva’s first major exhibition at Rivington Place, provides a dynamic and thought-provoking exploration of the complexities of economic and information exchange in contemporary Cuba.
At a time when borderless communication is assumed to be the global norm, Cuba is a country caught in flux. With two legal currencies, minimal internet access, and divisions between those who can and can’t access external resources, the residents of Cuba have become experts at negotiating the complexities of exchange between each other and the world.
Curated by Cylena Simonds (Iniva) and prominent Cuban curator Gerardo Mosquera, the group show focuses on six artists living and working in Cuba today. Their work offers a witty and provocative response to scarcity and constraint, raising issues of global relevance. The artworks range from sculpture and performance to video installation, plus an extensive video screening programme featuring shorts and experimental documentaries by over 14 artists, including works never before seen in Europe.
Co-curator, Gerardo Mosquera says:
‘States of Exchange aims to show how artists in Cuba discuss contradictions, ambiguities and social negotiations in Cuban life, leading a critical culture that prevails in the country since the mid 80s. They use the semantic powers of art to create complex works whose impact goes far beyond the local context. So this is not a general show of Cuban art but a thematic exhibition on issues particular to Cuba. It includes both emerging artists that are beginning to be known internationally and more established ones.’
