WEBSITE: Arte Contemporáneo, 2008
May 28 to June 1, 2008.
Arte Contemporaneo is an annual contemporary art festival that brings together international artists to participate in a series of exhibitions, public art projects, panel discussions, and conversations held throughout the beautiful seaside city of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
The organizers of this year’s inaugural festival have invited Los Angeles artists to participate in a cultural dialogue with Mexican artists around the ideas of extended borders, globalization, and hybrid identities—framed within the context of the ever-changing demographics of Puerto Vallarta.
All the participating artists have been included in major museum exhibitions, both in the United States and Mexico, and many have exhibited in the prestigious Whitney Biennial. In addition to painting, works will encompass the contemporary art practices of video, installation, and photography.
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For one week every year, cutting edge contemporary art will become the backdrop for the city, transforming its cultural character, and pushing the limits of how we see and define Vallarta. As the festival grows, the hope is that Vallarta will become an inspiration for contemporary artists and that the city becomes a locus for dialogue and creativity.
The exhibition will be held in three different galleries that form three corners of one block, with the fourth corner occupied by the world-renowned Café des Artistes. Public art projects—projected videos—will be exhibited on the malecón and on adjacent buildings, with panel discussions convening in a variety of outdoor arenas and public spaces. Downtown Vallarta will come alive with art—this is one festival that visitors will not want to miss.
PUERTO VALLARTA: ARTE CONTEMPORANEO
PROGRAMA / PROGRAM
Miercoles 28 de Mayo · Wednesday May 28.
- 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm – RECEPCIÓN INAUGURAL · Opening ceremony
- Cocktail en las calles Guadalupe Sanchez y Leona Vicario. Musica en vivo: Dj’s Sonido Apokalitzin con Dr. Lakra / Cocktail party at Guadalupe Sanchez y Leona Vicario. Live music: Dj’s Sonido Apokalitzin with Dr. Lakra
Jueves 29 de Mayo · Thursday May 29.
Auditorio Cecatur:
- 6:00 pm – MESAS REDONDAS · Panel Discussions
- Turismo/Artesanía + Arte Contemporáneo: Estrategias de Convivencia para Pto. Vallarta / Tourism/Crafts + Contemporary Art: Coexistence Strategies for Pto. Vallarta.
Cristian Silva, Alejandra Dávila, Javier Rodríguez, Davis Birks, Fernando Sánchez, Santiago Baeza, y Mariana Botey
- 7:30 pm
- De un lado al otro 1: Arte Contemporáneo de L.A. al D.F. /From One Side to the Other: Contemporary Art from L.A. to D.F. Alma Ruiz y Rita Gonzalez.
Viernes 30 de Mayo · Friday May 30.
Auditorio Cecatur:
- 5:30 pm – MESAS REDONDAS · Panel Discussions
- Escena L.A.: El centro no es la periferia y la mayoría no es la minoría. / L.A. Scene: The center Isn’t the Periphery and the Majority Isn’t the Minority.
Rita Gonzalez, Shizu Saldamando, Ruben Ochoa, Sandra de la Loza, Mario Ybarra, Ruben Ortiz-Torres; Moderador.
- 7:00 pm
- De un lado al otro 2: Fronteras y la internacionalización del arte. / From One Side to the Other: Borders and the Internationalization of Art.
Alma Ruiz, Marcos Ramirez Erre, Eduardo Abaroa, Eduardo Sarabia, Ruben Ortiz-Torres.
Parque Lazaro Cardenas:
- 8:30 pm
- Estilos de frontera: Subculturas sin fronteras entre México y US. / Border Styles: The Borderless subcultures between Mexico and the US
Daniel Hernandez, Alejandra Macedo, Javier Rodriguez, Vincent Valdez, Shizu Saldamando, Beatriz Lopez, y Mariana Botey
- 9:30 pm
- Dj’s: Sonido Apokalitzin, Karla Diaz, Dr. Lakra, y videos.
Sabado 31 de Mayo · Saturday May 31
- 10:00 am – Caminata por las Obras de Arte Público del PVAC 08.
- Sofia Taboas, Eduardo Abaroa, Cristian Silva, Davis Birks, Ruben Ortiz Torres, Jorge Ramirez, and Javier Rodriguez.
- 7:00 pm – MESA REDONDA · PANEL DISCUSSION
- Artistas y Espacios Alternativos / Artists and Alternative Spaces
- Gonzalo Lebrija, Marcos Ramirez Erre, Sofia Taboas, Jose Davila,, Sandra de la Loza, Francesco Siqueiros.
Domingo 1 de Junio · Sunday June 1
Plaza Peninsula:
- 7:00 pm
- Arte y Arquitectura: Definiendo una Ciudad Mediante su Paisaje Cultural y Ecólogico / Art and Architecture: Defining A City Through Its Cultural Landscape (proximanente mas información)
- 8:30 pm
- RECEPCIÓN DE CLAUSURA · Closing Ceremony