el poder de las regiones VENECIA Bienal de rojas gonzalo exPortaCión artistas de ruiz el CNCA la culTura Qué es Héroes de raúl nía Tesoros Tesoros Humanos Vi - V da os PriVado da- lico Y PÚB en Chile? filmar Por qué Parra Ciu- aPorTe niCanor MATTA le DONACIONES cul economía Y T ión de URALES C cultura y BERTO ro rea C omento y f 2011 2010 WWW.CULTURA.GOB.CL WWW.CULTURA.GOB.CL 2010 2011 There is a great cultural excitement today in Chile. Designers, craftsmen, cacrobats, musicians,hile visual artists, actors, dancers, photographers, architects, on its way writers and filmmakers have a fertile space in which to develop a versatile proposal of what our identity is like. All kinds of art have gain an ever more visible and open space, and widening their audience they put themselves at the centre of our society. Gabriela Mistral Centre, GAM, was opened on September 10th 2010 in the presence of over 5000 spectators, exactly in the same place where was located Diego Portales building. It has ten rooms for theatre, music and dance, two for visual arts, two conferences and seminar rooms, a recording studio, a huge library, squares and restaurants. Within one year, its 22.000 square feet facilities have become the most important meeting place in Santiago. Javiera Barillas - Francisca Godoy -Fernanda Casanova -Fernanda Godoy Francisca - Barillas Javiera Hundred thousand people came to O’Higgins Park the weekend of April 2nd and 3rd 2011 to attend Lollapalooza International Musical Festival, held in Santiago, Chile, as its first version outside USA. Fifty bands from around the world played in different scenarios prepared for the occasion. Maximiliano Allendes Maximiliano Latin-Lover Fest, the first International Festival of Contemporary Visual Culture and Global-Local Design was held at the Cultural Centre of Spain. The event included a fair, exhibitions, conferences and presentations by artists from Germany, Argentina, Brazil and Chile, and was organized by Universidad Andrés Bello. Mural Brigada Negotrópica, fotografía Sergio Recabarren Sergio fotografía Negotrópica, Brigada Mural Sergio Recabarren Sergio Exhibition’s Photography: Exhibition’s Córdova. Manuel Photography: Dauer; Frana details: Exhibition’s Workshops, Trainings and Performance gave life to the XII Chilean Circus and Street Art Convention, held on Isla de Maipo in 2010. This photograph was also the official image of Circus Area from National Council of Arts and Culture opening. Benjamín Franulic Benjamín - - - - “The Chilean music “I think Chile is under a defi- scene has grown in a nite thriving-phase of artistic mind-blowing way. grace. Thanks to the National Since a long time Fran Audiovisual Fund support it Fernando there are many bands has been accomplished to re- and artists that went vive an already dead industri- and achieve visibility al sector. In cinematographic FLORES cisca terms, what is happening is without the pres- PresidenT of naTional quite unprecedented; that the innoVaTion council sure of the musical Cannes Festival accepts Chil- industry. I think we’ll “I think we have to open need more economic Valen ean proposals for several con- secutive years only confirms up more to the differ- support; maybe some this state of affairs. And I can ence which arrives to forms of state as- also appreciate this within T raúl sistance aimed at us from the inner core ec musical realm, with the likes T i zuela encourage Chilean H musician of Gepe, Javiera Mena and of our Chilean culture or T rc musicians to export and bands as Dënver, to name just a and other countries their work” comPoser a few examples. I feel there is as well. Be influenced irec d a reattachment with pre-dic- “Cultural development in countries like ours remains a challenge to tatorship cultural legacy” by other frameworks overcome social segregation and an imperative to achieve better na- of mind, by other ap- film tional coexistence. Chile is under quick changes which undoubtedly proaches or different “The permanent Chile is mostly in the folklore and had an impact on cultural life sphere. We can see huge crowds attend- ruiz marialy stories you read in school, and there are different from ing mass shows, the explosion of visual arts, the growing supply of ar- forms of organization, “In musical activity I’ve been exposed to a very anxious public, with an a very to been exposed I’ve activity “In musical areas. peripheral especially in more the artists, for respect extraordinary made a great government the previous thing is that The most remarkable which the cur contribution music; a musical spreading for contribution the most serious Yet expanded. has consistently ministry of culture rent lack of financial support.dilemma is our discipline pub The statistics world 90% of the funds and private provides the state us that lished tell is a global there Today imbalance. a large exists Here a 10%. only provides short duration. but it has very events, cultural so-called regarding trend or Bach” a Beethoven is rather the centuries over persists really What ol tistic goods, both local and international, as well as the existence of those in other countries. This country exists, and, rath- but with the challenge er, insists. Chile is a country always in a hurry, and, to new and better spaces and cultural centres” or T riVas of translating those dif- and film direcTor use an old turn of phrase, the milk does turn sour, and s irec most of the time turns into vinegar. In general, the big- culTural MANAGER ferences and bringing lo d gest problem is that opinion expression always pre- EXECUTiVe direcTor to our hands with our usician B m carmen usic cedes the formulation of an idea: they first made their “fundación TeaTro a mil” own cultural styles. The m a judgment and much later entertain a proper thought” question is to trans- romero form the appropriation p of differences into an- uierdo “Today Chilean culture is in WriTer ProTagonisTs and Q the streets and on the web; in other way to innovate” books and on the walls; in class- z rooms and gigs. It seems to me i direcT WiTnesses uan that there is a sort of divorce j between, on the one hand, hy- of TodaY’s arTisTic brid cultural speeches, non sol- WriTer emn or grave, tending to praise exPressions giVe THeir “Art and Culture made possible to understand persons a vast diversity of opinions; by who live and think differently, besides helping to express the other, wantonly aimed at diagnosis of HoW accurately our own views. A country which turns its back efficiency and immediate re- to culture neither reach the spiritual level nor provide sults before creative processes mpuero and critical thinking. I think dialogue spaces essential for in any modern and demo- a Chilean cultural development and WHere THeY see cratic society. Our challenges in Chile have never been is linked with educational poli- greater. This time is not just how to address economic cies implemented during the cHilean culTure. or financial challenges, foreign policy or technological last years. And today, if I may development, but also to enrich democratic space under insist, culture is in the streets, “I think a framework of tolerance and respect. Arts and culture dancing, protesting, and creat- seBastián erto contributes to shape individuals, develop their sensitiv- ing choreographies, paintings, ermán del ity, its fantasy, imagination and intellectual curiosity. screams, rhythms and watch- B ostamagna ostamagna Chilean Culture silVa They also contribute to create understanding, and that words: new languages, maybe, lejandra film direcTor o one’s perspective on life is just one among a universe in- for ancient and perhaps univer- a c r “A society is not measured so much by what it gives to their people as we might seem to think nowa to seem might their people as we to it gives what much by so is not measured society “A at unless inside us, the savage cultivate means to them. Culture it demands for what but for days, convenience” for but also sake love’s namely for others, fruitful for our lives make to an effort tempting and screenWriTer sal demands” g is wrecked” habited by human beings with different opinions” OVERVIEW More than one hundred domestic and foreign exhibitors were invited by Paula Magazine to Paula Wardrobe 2011 event. 16 thousand persons attend the first fashion market held in a parking lot, where they could buy products, and being part of conferences, free lessons, concerts, workshops and an official fashion show under the curatorship of Nina Mackenna. With the kind support of Revista Paula Amidst Moáis and Palm Trees the last days of April 2011 took place the 3rd Rapa-Nui Film Fest. On the occasion the best of Latin-American filmography was exhibited, besides workshops, in-situ short-films shootings and projects presentations seeking to bring nearer rapanui culture to both cinema and the continent. Constanza Valderrama Valderrama Constanza Ch.ACO Contemporary Art Fair is the most important in its field. Visited by more than forty thousand people, national and international galleries exhibits in this place the work of both new as renowned artistic talents as well. The event also includes conferences, workshops and book presentations. Macarena Achurra Macarena The International Theatre Festival Santiago a Mil is the major performance arts meeting in Chile. Their latest version took place in January 2010 with activities in a number of different settings and public spaces both in Santiago and other cities across the country. Alejandro Hoppe Hoppe Alejandro Between January 27th and 29th 2011 Valparaiso Arts Festival took the most important port-city in Chile to perform a carnival that includes an array of different artistic expressions.