The 10th Central American Biennial is currently held in Costa Rica from August 30 to September 30 of 2016. With the curatorship headed by Tamara Díaz-Bringa and co-curated by Marlov Barrios (Guatemala), Simón Vega (El Salvador), Edgar León (Costa Rica), Gladioska García (Nicaragua), Adan Vallecillo (Honduras) and Gladys Turner (Panama), the project proposes a redefinition of the event, from a competition model to a standard curatorship for the entire region. The "Embroideries and Overflows" proposal by curator Tamara Díaz-Bringas was selected to tackle the challenge of reimagining the event. The curator used an image by Emilia Prieto, published in 1937 in the Repertorio Americano periodical, as point of departure for her proposal. It establishes connections between flower patterns and words like legislation, politics, religion and morality. This "drawing to embroider" appeals to the ability of art to intervene in the public realm. As part of the events conceived for this 10th edition of the biennial, several activities were organized ahead of the inauguration, including workshops, exhibitions, and laboratories in each of the countries of the region. "Between Terror and Partying" is the title of the sessions offered by Ana Longoni in San Salvador, from July 11 through July 16 of 2016, which included three public conferences. Artist Diego del Pozo-Barriuso offered a series of workshops at the Centro Cultural de España (CCE) in Managua, Nicaragua, from August 8 through August 13 of 2015, and at the CCE in San José, Costa Rica, from August 15 through August 23 of 2016. "To Create that Which is Public" is the laboratory that includes the participation of 12 Central American artists and art groups, held from August 23 through September 1 of 2016; and "Banana Experience 3D," a proposal by Libidiunga Cardoso and Cecilia Lisa Elicech, with a ceremony in Puerto Limón, Costa Rica, from August 22 through August 27 of 2016. More information is available at:
www.bienalcentroamericana.com