Screening: DISTANCIA /
Se habla español in Conversation with Ensayos
Monday, November 25, 2019
7 to 9pm
Carolina Saquel, DISTANCIA, 2017-2018. [Image Description: An open road with headlights lighting the foreground of the road. To the side of the road are fields and in front of the road is a mountain chain and a cloudy sky. In the middle of the still is the word “DISTANCIA” in white lettering.]
Screening: DISTANCIA was a collaboration between Se habla español and Ensayos. Presented for the first time in New York, DISTANCIA is a web series that addresses problems related to political ecology set in Tierra del Fuego, Chile. After the screening, Se habla español moderated a conversation with Carla Macchiavello, Camila Marambio, and Carolina Saquel of Ensayos, calling attention to ethical bio-cultural practices and the problems of representing the landscape.
Bios
Ensayos is a collective research practice centered on extinction, human geography and coastal health. Initiated on the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego, Ensayos first focused solely on the ecopolitical issues impacting the Fuegian archipelago and its inhabitants–past and present, human and nonhuman. Over the years Ensayos has defined itself as an interdisciplinary residency, a transdisciplinary research program, an ecofeminist collective, a public health service, and a curatorial exercise.
Carla Macchiavello (Chile), art historian, Assistant Professor at Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY. Macchiavello has specialized in Chilean and Latin American contemporary art with an emphasis in video, performance, networks of solidarity and resistance, and artistic practices aimed at social change. She received her PhD and Masters degrees in Art History and Criticism from Stony Brook University, NYC. From 2010 until 2014 she was Assistant Professor at the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá.
Camila Marambio (Chile), curator, Founder/Director of Ensayos. PhD in Curatorial Practice, Monash University, Melbourne. M.A. in Modern Art: Curatorial Studies, Columbia University, NYC. Master of Experiments in Art and Politics, Science Po, Paris. Her ways are fishy and flighty. She observes bodies in motion, is concerned with human health, and most of all tells ancient stories.
Carolina Saquel (Chile), independent lawyer and artist, based in Paris. Saquel uses the moving image to alter the perception of temporality of seemingly trivial matters. Her work has been featured in numerous solo and collective exhibitions as well as film and video art festivals around the world: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona; Harbourfront Centre, Toronto; Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg; Grand Palais, Paris; and Bloomberg Space, London.
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Se habla español (SHE) is a curatorial collective established in 2017 by Noelia Lecue Francia, María Alejandra Sáenz García, Andrea Valencia Aranda, and Natalia Viera Salgado. As Spanish speakers and curators, the collective works on interdisciplinary artistic projects that seek to expand the limits of language, addressing ecology, migration, identity, human rights, and memory. SHE develops, through collective effort and multiple perspectives, curatorial and artistic research that take the form of exhibitions, publications, talks, and workshops. SHE responds to contemporary issues, creating platforms that enable reflections and support artistic creation.
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DISTANCIA credits:
Tierra del Fuego 2018, Original Version in Spanish, subtitled in English, color, 6 episodes.
Director: Camila Marambio, Carolina Saquel/ Original Idea: Camila Marambio/ Written by: Camila Marambio, Carolina Saquel/ General Production: Camila Marambio/ Executive Production: Camila Marambio, Carolina Saquel, Ivette Martínez, Julio Gastón Contreras/ Image & Editing: Carolina Saquel/ Photography Direction: Matías Illanes/ Camara: Matías Illanes, Carolina Saquel/ Drone: Gastón Herrera/ Archival Trailer Images: Patricio Riquelme, Philippe Eustachon/ Trailer Editing: Vincent Tricon/ Sound & Design Editing: Ariel Bustamante/ Direct Sound: Ariel Bustamante, Sebastián Arce/ Original Music in Episode 5 & Teaser, “Minueto” & “Cumbita”: Sebastián Arce/ Original Music: Sebastián Arce/ Sound Mixing: Pablo Infante/ Color Correction & Subtitling: Darío Ordenes/ Color Correction Trailer: Yannig Willmann/ Transfer 16 MM: MemoryLab Melbourne/ English Translation: Manuela Baldovino/ French Translation: Mélanie Chanat/ Title Design: Pablo González/ Web & Poster Design: Rosario Ureta/ Media Strategy: Teresita Quezada/ Funded by: MADA Monash University, Australia; Scam, Paris; Ana María Yaconi; MEGA Foundation, Stockholm, y cada uno de los participantes de Ensayos quienes, curiosamente, comprometen su tiempo desafiando toda lógica capitalista/ With the Support of: Práctica Curatorial de Monash University, WCS Karukinka, Chile; Museo Maggiorino Borgatello, Punta Arenas; María Luisa Murillo y CAB; Andrés Fernández; Bárbara Saavedra; Tessa Dwyer; Tara McDowell; Tom Nicholson y toda la familia Nicholson McCaughey; María Elena Guerra; Bruno Latour; Betónsalon, Paris; Kadist Art Foundation, Paris/ Thanks to: Macarena Ovalle, Sala K, Óscar Aguilera, Philippe Eustachon, Christy Gast, Evgenia Giannuri, Emilie Hache, Gastón Herrera, Brent Klinkum, Carla Macchiavello, Patricia Messier, Alfredo Prieto, Leonardo Prieto, Patricio Riquelme, Nicolás Spencer, José Tonko, Barbara Villez, Emilie Villez, PAF (Performing Arts Forum), St. Erme, Francia.
