Objetivos Móviles: Transporte Cultural llegó a la Argentina: Se vivió el viernes 29 de Febrero a las 11:30 hs. en la Línea General Urquiza |
Moving Targets / Cultural Transport reaches Argentina: With the institutional support of the Ministry of Culture of the Municipality of Buenos Aires and the authorization of the Metrovías company , “Objetivos Moviles/ Moving Targets” was exhibited on the Metrovias train system in Argentina On Friday February 29, 2008. The print action took place between the station Federico Lacroze and Station F. Moreno of the railroad Gral. Urquiza (stations that unite Proyecto'ace, International Center for Visual Arts in South America to the Centro de Producción y Edición Gráfica de Buenos Aires (Litho Workshop in Saénz Peña ), a group of 36 artists and John Hitchcock carried large banner prints through the train cart system (Metrovias) in Buenos Aires. Each banner has several images of North America, South America and Caribbean artists works. 50 young up and coming artists (25 from South America and 25 from North America) and 50 established artists were invited to participate. Th e “Objetivos Moviles/ Moving Targets” print exhibition of invited international artists was originally presented as CULTURAL TRANSPORT /MOVING TARGETS on a train between Berlin, Germany and Poznan, Poland (co-organized by Keith Christensen and John Hitchcock). Objetivos Moviles / MOVING TARGETS/ SOUTH AMERICA / NORTH AMERICA is the second in a series of international co- curated exhibitions. Moving Targets involves presenting the print medium in a specific and meaningful way. This proposal is for an international print exhibition about social concerns moving via public transportation across borders. This concept ties to the rich tradition that printmaking serves as a vehicle for expression of discontent and critique. The works of Goya's Disasters of War series to the works of José Posada and recently to Leon Golub spoke to their times through these means. The distinctiveness of the project is that the context becomes the literal vehicle. The first exhibition of this project on the train crossed the German-Polish border to show the images as commentary and visions. Moving Targets is the project title and term (to be translated to German, Polish, and now Spanish ( Objetivos Moviles ) to signify the difficulty in stopping something (shooting down–in military terms). They are presented under the title “Moving Targets” to demonstrate the potential of artistic prints as agents promoting reflection and change. There was a call for submissions of multiples for this event. Alicia Candiani selected the South American and Caribbean artists and John Hitchcock selected the North American artists. 100 Artists were asked to submit print work about transformative strategies and critique the current social conditions (50 from South America and 50 from North America). The theme is kept relatively open but artists were encouraged to consider first of all what they believe are ideas about social transformation and then what is important for this audience to see. They asked international artists to react to the obstacles of our shared international societies and make prints accordingly. They encouraged artists to express alternative and transgressive views within the possibilities of this framework. The project invited artists to submit visual work that speaks in some way to claiming a humane future. The project recognizes that this may mean identifying the obstacles and oppression or it may mean envisioning a more sustainable culture. |