Il Quarto Stato Montevideo Edition

A big Thank You to all those who did not dread the wind and the cold, another big Thank You to those who took the challenge to stand for the central figures in the painting: The teacher Susana Rodriguez de Almeida, the artist Martin Verges and his son and Lucia Caldes Acosta, cyclist and political…

Convocatoria a sesión fotográfica / El Cuarto Estado Recreado

„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…

Democracia: 30 años y despues: club désirer 4th day

Yesterday our first visitor was Tommy. He told us that his grandparents have lived in Switzerland and he wrote a postcard for us. Juan Carlos had been working as a chauffeur in many countries all over the World and he said to us: Democracy in Uruguay is spectacular! Jorge Castrillón talked about the development of…

Democracia: 30 años y despues: club désirer 3rd day

Yesterday had been a long day with a lot of visitors at club désirer at Bar 7 Rayos. The first visitors had been the people from Urbano, a cultural centre for homeless people in Montevideo. The centre offers workshops and activities every afternoon like art, theatre, video, literature and more. They were telling us about…

Democracia: 30 años y despues: club désirer 2nd day

Yesterday evening in club désirer: Yamandú, 64, told us: „La democracia es lo principal“ – „Democracy is the essential!“ Leandro, being younger and having not experienced the military dictatorship, tells us about the crisis in 2002 and how it influenced his generation, his life and his family. He quoted us some lines from a song describing…

Some Answers On Twitter

We got some answers for our question whether democracy is beautiful via Twitter (and hope there will be some more): @zeitgarten_ch DIREKTE Demokratie ist wunderschön! Mitbestimmung macht Menschen glücklicher und besser informiert: http://t.co/almBSrWgXv — Lukas Reimann (@lukasreimann) November 17, 2014   @zeitgarten_ch es kommt darauf an wie sie in welchem Rahmen gemalt wird. — Jacqueline…