LACAP Presents: LATIN AMERICAN SPEAKERS SERIES
Taken from Akimbo
The Latin American Speakers Series aims to contextualize Latin American art within Canada as well as enrich an understanding of Latin American art from both the continent and the Diaspora. Through lectures, audio-visual presentations and discussions, the series serves as an opportunity for cultural exchange. This year we bring together a diverse range of artists and local contributors who will reflect on a broad range of aesthetics and perspectives. Internationally renowned Alfredo Jaar, Tania Bruguera and Humberto Vélez share and discuss various projects where they explore the power of intervention on both public and private spaces while alluding to the possibilities of art as a source and inspiration for social change.
The Latin American Speakers Series is curated by Tamara Toledo and presented by Latin American Canadian Art Projects (LACAP).
HUMBERTO VÉLEZ
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Free, 2PM
Art Gallery of York University (AGYU)
4700 Keele Street, Accolade East Building,
First Floor, 116
* Free bus departs from OCAD,
100 McCaul Street at 1PM, returns at 5PM
HUMBERTO VÉLEZ: “Aesthetics of Collaboration”
Moderated by Guillermina Buzio
Humberto Veléz studied law and political sciences in the University of Panama and was awarded a scholarship from The Foundation of Latin American Cinema for studying Filmmaking and TV in the International School of Cinema of San Antonio de Los Baños, Cuba, funded by Gabriel García Márquez. He has been an artist in residence in Vienna (Ministry of Foreigner Affairs, 1998), London (Triangle Arts Trust-Gasworks, 2001), Sheffield (Yorkshire ArtSpace, 2007) and Toronto (Art Gallery of York University, 2009/2010). In 2010 he was invited to be artist in residence at METAL Art Foundation in London Southend.
Born in Panama in 1965, Humberto Vélez lives and works between London and Rio de Janeiro as an artist, art teacher, independent filmmaker, and a culture and arts projects producer. His present art projects include: an invitation to create public art projects for the Pompidou Centre in Paris; for the V Congress of the Spanish Language in Valparaiso; and for the Art Gallery of York University in Toronto. He has been commissioned for the DAROS-Latinamerica Foundation to create a performance for the opening of CASA DAROS, a new art centre for Latin American arts in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. A major exhibition of his works at the Art Gallery of York University opens in April 13-June 26, 2011 in conjunction with his Toronto participatory performance The Awakening in May 2011.
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Guillermina Buzio is a Toronto-based artist and holds a BFA from the National University of Fine Arts P. Pueyrredon (Argentina), a Bachelor of Media Arts from Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, and an MFA from Ontario College of Art & Design. Her work focuses on human rights and identity and has been shown in Toronto, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, São Paulo and Havana. During the past few years, Buzio has programmed for the Museum of Modern Art in Buenos Aires, the Experimental Media Congress, and Planet in Focus Environmental Film and Video Festival in Toronto. Buzio was the programming coordinator and co-artistic director of aluCine Toronto Latin Media Festival for several years where she also co-created and facilitated self-representation video workshops for youth and queer Latinos in Canada, Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico.
Presented by Latin American Canadian Art Projects and the Art Gallery of York University (AGYU) www.theAGYUisOutThere.org
About the Curator:
Tamara Toledo is a Toronto-based visual artist and curator. Toledo is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design and holds an MFA from York University. Toledo is co-founder of the Allende Arts Festival, Executive Director of the Latin American Art Projects and Public Programs Manager at Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art. She is recipient of several grants and awards and has contributed her research at various academic conferences. Toledo’s essays on Latin American art have been published in ARM Journal, C Magazine and Fuse Magazine.
For more information:
www.lacap.ca
lacap@bellnet.ca
416-656-5687
LACAP
601 Christie Street, Suite 255
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6G 4C7
LACAP gratefully acknowledges the support of its staff, volunteers, sponsors and patrons, as well as its partners and funders: Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of York University (AGYU), InterContinental Toronto Centre Hotel, Consulate General of Chile and See Through Web. LACAP also acknowledges the financial support of the Ontario Arts Council.
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