ConversationNovember 6, 2020
Panel talks on Art and Environment in Latin America by the Cisneros Institute at MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art through the Cisneros Institute organized the second online conference: Reweaving Ourselves: Contemporary Ecology through the Ideas of Juan Downey, conceived by guest curator Julieta González as part of a three-year research initiative on the relationships between art and the environment in Latin America.
The conference takes as a point of departure a series of technological, anthropological, and political issues raised between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s by the work and writings of late Chilean artist Juan Downey, to bring up a discussion on the way artists, theoreticians, ecologists, and climate change activists, among many others, are rethinking Latin America at the present.
Starting with an introductory session on the work and ideas of Juan Downey, with the participation of guest curator Julieta González and scholar Javier Rivero, the conference will gather an interdisciplinary group of practitioners: architectural historian Felicity Scott, artists Eduardo Kac, Minerva Cuevas, and Beatriz Santiago, architect Paulo Tavares, Sarayaku activist Franco Viteri Gualinga, curator María Belén Sáez de Ibarra, and anthropologist Arturo Escobar.
Session One
Juan Downey: Cybernetics, Ecology, and an Ontology of Becoming
A conversation between curator Julieta González and scholar Javier Rivero Ramos
Tuesday, November 10, 5:00–6:00 p.m.
Registration required
The online session will be in English. The video will be posted with Spanish subtitles in December.
Session Two
Technology for a Disoriented Humanity
A conversation between artist Eduardo Kac and scholar Felicity Scott, moderated by Julieta González
Wednesday, November 18, 5:00–6:00 p.m.
Registration required
The online session will be in English. The video will be posted with Spanish subtitles in December.
Session Three
The Cosmopolitics of the Forest
Presentations by architect and scholar Paulo Tavares, activist Franco Viteri Gualinga, and curator María Belén Sáez de Ibarra, followed by a conversation moderated by Julieta González
Tuesday, November 24, 12:00–1:00 p.m
Registration required
The online session will be in Spanish. The video will be posted with English subtitles in December.
Session Four
Beyond Technology and Development: How Can We Envision Solutions for the “Latin American Problem” Today?
Presentations by anthropologist Arturo Escobar, artists Minerva Cuevas and Beatriz Santiago, followed by a conversation moderated by Julieta González
December 1, 5-6:30 p.m.
Registration required
The online session will be in Spanish. The video will be posted with English subtitles in December.
The conference takes as a point of departure a series of technological, anthropological, and political issues raised between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s by the work and writings of late Chilean artist Juan Downey, to bring up a discussion on the way artists, theoreticians, ecologists, and climate change activists, among many others, are rethinking Latin America at the present.
Starting with an introductory session on the work and ideas of Juan Downey, with the participation of guest curator Julieta González and scholar Javier Rivero, the conference will gather an interdisciplinary group of practitioners: architectural historian Felicity Scott, artists Eduardo Kac, Minerva Cuevas, and Beatriz Santiago, architect Paulo Tavares, Sarayaku activist Franco Viteri Gualinga, curator María Belén Sáez de Ibarra, and anthropologist Arturo Escobar.
Session One
Juan Downey: Cybernetics, Ecology, and an Ontology of Becoming
A conversation between curator Julieta González and scholar Javier Rivero Ramos
Tuesday, November 10, 5:00–6:00 p.m.
Registration required
The online session will be in English. The video will be posted with Spanish subtitles in December.
Session Two
Technology for a Disoriented Humanity
A conversation between artist Eduardo Kac and scholar Felicity Scott, moderated by Julieta González
Wednesday, November 18, 5:00–6:00 p.m.
Registration required
The online session will be in English. The video will be posted with Spanish subtitles in December.
Session Three
The Cosmopolitics of the Forest
Presentations by architect and scholar Paulo Tavares, activist Franco Viteri Gualinga, and curator María Belén Sáez de Ibarra, followed by a conversation moderated by Julieta González
Tuesday, November 24, 12:00–1:00 p.m
Registration required
The online session will be in Spanish. The video will be posted with English subtitles in December.
Session Four
Beyond Technology and Development: How Can We Envision Solutions for the “Latin American Problem” Today?
Presentations by anthropologist Arturo Escobar, artists Minerva Cuevas and Beatriz Santiago, followed by a conversation moderated by Julieta González
December 1, 5-6:30 p.m.
Registration required
The online session will be in Spanish. The video will be posted with English subtitles in December.
