„El Cuarto Estado Recreado“ – (Montevideo 2015) Un proyecto de los artistas Alex Meszmer y Reto Müller Presentado por „Democracia: 30 años y después…“ Los artistas suizos Alex Meszmer y Reto Müller visitan Montevideo para realizar una reconstrucción fotográfica del cuadro „Il Quarto Stato“ de Guiseppe Pelizza da Volpedo, pintado en 1901 y que representa…
An evening with Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre and Clemente Padin discussing the aesthetics of democracy in Uruguay and beyond 1985-2015. More information about the evening to follow.
When Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre participated in the democratic art weeks in Pfyn in 2011 and 12, we already started to think about a new art project to cooperate between Uruguay and Switzerland. 2015 Uruguay celebrates 30 years of democracy that means as well 30 years since the end of the military dictatorship. Ana Laura Lopez…
Los esperamos de lunes 20 a viernes 24 (4-8pm) en Club Désirer – sede Bar 7 Rayos – para ayudar a los artistas suizos Alex Meszmer y Reto Mueller en su búsqueda de la belleza democrática. Aqui les dejamos los nombres de algunos invitados que vendrán a provocar conversaciones: Lunes 20, 17.30hs / Ana Laura Lopez…
Collecting democratic beauty sometimes goes by chance! Some days ago the british politician Toni Benn died aged 88 and quotes had been posted and reposted on Facebook and Twitter. His five questions to the powerful are worth being repeated over and over again. Therefore we post them here on club désirer to keep them in…
Everybody is talking about democracy. Even the worst dictators are trying to hide their bloody reigns by describing them as democratic, while protestors all over the world show that people’s interest in political participation is rising. But what is democracy? Are we talking about the same word and meaning? Is democracy beautiful? or is it…
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