Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Phrases For Condolences

VERDICT

The organizing committee of the International Biennial of Contemporary Art ULA-2010, is pleased to announce the artists who managed to become creditors of the top awards for its ability to translate their vision framed in the discourse of modernity. Following discussions in the jury of curators Nilo Casares, María Luz Cárdenas and video artist Carlos Castillo, the grand prize of 20,000 Bolivars was awarded to the book "Operating Instructions" and Salvia Oscar Mora Ferrer (Valencia, Spain). In the Digital Art category was won by video "Kumba Chrome" Sandro Pequeno (Caracas), while Art Material was awarded "Frontera" Gerson Acevedo (San Cristóbal). "Portrait of Barbie" by Jason Galarraga, received a special mention. The jury noted the professionalism and high level of the participating artists.

With large influx of people from cities across the country and after a week full of cultural activities, the International Biennial of Contemporary Art ULA-2010 ceased on Tuesday 30 November the openings, lectures, workshops, concerts, screenings and lectures. The exhibition of works for the enjoyment of the community, remain in place until 10 December this year in multiple locations located in the Mall Altos de Santa Maria, Casa Febres, Gallery La Otra Banda, Center for Art and Design, Library La Ballena Blanca, Garage, Le Liu, The Cake Hole, Bomba PDV-Café Flag Cafetín Humanities (ULA), Ciber La Scala, Millennium Mall, between different areas of the city of Merida.

Similarly, the Biennial was attended by leading international artists such as English pioneer of video art, Antoni Muntadas, the Canadian visual artist, Jillian Mcdonald, the net-art specialist and English curator, Nilo Casares sound artist French, Michel Titin, to name a few. In the list of national representatives stressed the presence of artists Beto Gutierrez, Teresa Mulet, Magdalena Fernández, Alfredo Ramirez, Carlos Zerpa, Suwon Lee, Luis Romero, Andres Baquero and curator Benjamín Villares, who shared with the public through meetings, lectures and workshops. Among the participating artists who traveled to Mérida included Nidia Tabarez, Ara Koshiro, Hayfa Brea, Gabriela Isabel Sabas Perez and Martell.

As part of the activities of the Biennale, held the VIII International Symposium on Aesthetics in the 24th and 25th November. The Symposium was attended by renowned national artists and researchers such as Luis Ángel Duque, Martha of Vega, Moraima Guanipa, Carlos Zerpa, David de los Reyes, Elizabeth Marin, Theowal D'Arago, Guillermo Barrios, María Luz Cárdenas and Yucef Merhi, as well as the participation of international Muntadas Antoni, Nilo Casares, Jillian Mcdonald and Michel Titin . The themes addressed the relationship between "the screen and frame, surfing the pictorial semiotics, cinema and the city, digital art, ethics, philosophy and history to entrench its connection with contemporary design aesthetics . Likewise talks and contemporary dialogues pursued the direct and interactive link with the audience.

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