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Between Theory and Practice: Rethinking Latin American Art in the 21st Century, Part Two
Conceived by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Chief Curator, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach
Advisory Committee: Andrea Giunta, Cuauhtémoc Medina, Natalia Majluf, and Gerardo Mosquera

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, November 2–4, 2011
9:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.; Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru




Day One: Wednesday, November 2, 2011

9:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.; Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru



8:30–9:00 a.m.
Check-in and Coffee

9:00–9:15 a.m.
Welcome, Juan Carlos Verme, Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru
Introduction, Deborah Marrow, Getty Foundation, Los Angeles
Stuart Ashman, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach

Session I
The Role of the Museum: Collecting, Contextualizing, and Representing Latin American Art in the 21st Century

9:15–9:30 a.m.
Introduction, Moderator: Ivo Mesquita, Pinacoteca, São Paulo

9:30–9:50 a.m.
The Director of the Museum: Between the Institution and the Community
Itala Schmeltz, Former Director, Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City

9:50–10:10 a.m.
Politics: Undoing the Fetish of Essences
Gabriela Rangel, Americas Society, New York City

10:10–10:30 a.m.
Art and Its Histories: Between the Word and the Wall
Karen Cordero Reiman, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City

10:30–11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break

11:00–11:15 a.m.
Introduction, Respondent: María Belén Sáez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá

11:15–Noon
Conversation, Moderator: Ivo Mesquita. Respondent: María Belén Sáez. Participants: Itala Schmeltz, Gabriela Rangel, and Karen Cordero Reiman.

Noon–12:30 p.m.
Q&A

12:30–3:00 p.m.
Lunch Break

Session II
Curatorial Models: Emblematic Art Historical Cases

3:00–3:15 p.m.
Video Screening:
Luz Maria Bedoya, Línea de Nazca (Nazca Line), 2008, 6 min. 40 sec.
Ishmael Randall Weeks, Pucusana, 2010, 3 min. 38 sec.

3:15–3:30 p.m.
Introduction, Moderator: James Oles, Wellesley College

3:30–3:50 p.m.
Tricksters in the White House
Deborah Cullen, Museo del Barrio, New York City

3:50–4:10 p.m.
The Case of Neoconcretism: Some Curatorial and Art Historical Considerations
Paulo Venancio Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

4:10–4:30 p.m.
Networks and Parafictions: New Strategies for a Field in Transition
Daniel Quiles, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

4:30–5:00 p.m.
Coffee Break

5:00–5:15 p.m.
Introduction, Respondent: Sol Henaro, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City

5:15–6:00 p.m.
Conversation, Moderator: James Oles. Respondent: Sol Henaro. Participants: Deborah Cullen, Paulo Venancio Filho, and Daniel Quiles.

6:00–6:30 p.m.
Q&A


Day Two: Thursday, November 3, 2011

9:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.; Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru



8:30–9:00 a.m.
Check-in and Coffee

9:00–9:15 a.m.
Welcome, Natalia Majluf, Museo de Arte de Lima

Session III
Curatorial Models: Emblematic Contemporary Cases

9:15–9:30 a.m.
Introduction, Moderator: Max Jorge Hinderer Cruz, Independent curator, Berlin

9:30–9:50 a.m.
Demolition/Construction: Strategies to Get In and Out of Latin America
Rosina Cazali, Independent curator, Guatemala City

9:50–10:10 a.m.
Brazilian Art? Multiplying Historical Perspectives and Cultural References
Luiz Camillo Osório, Independent curator, Guatemala City

10:10–10:30 a.m.
From Micro to Macro, As It Is Above It Is Not Below: The Effects of 21st-Century Socialism, "Alter-Modernity" and Considerations on the Autonomous Communities of the Arts "from" Latin America
Rodolfo Kronfle, Independent curator, Guayaquil

10:30–11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break

11:00–11:15 a.m.
Introduction, Respondent: Pablo León de la Barra, Independent curator, London/Mexico City

11:15–Noon
Conversation, Moderator: Max Jorge Hinderer Cruz. Respondent: Pablo León de la Barra. Participants: Rosina Cazali, Luiz Camillo Osório, and Rodolfo Kronfle.

Noon–12:30 p.m.
Q&A

12:30–3:00 p.m.
Lunch Break

Session IV
Art Historical Practice: Rethinking Research Methodologies and Interpretive and Critical Frameworks

3:00–3:15 p.m.
Video Screening:
Ricardo Wiesse and Augusto Rebagliati, Diez cantutas en Cieneguilla (Ten Cantutas in Cieneguilla), 1995, 10 min. excerpt from a 21 min. 48 sec. video.

3:15–3:30 p.m.
Introduction, Moderator: Víctor Manuel Rodríguez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá

3:30–3:50 p.m.
Artificial Divides: Rethinking Latin American Modernity across the 20th Century
Anna Indych, The City College of New York and The Graduate Center, City University of New York

3:50–4:10 p.m.
Inventing Latin America in Theory and Practice
Isobel Whitelegg, University of Essex

4:10–4:30 p.m.
The Small Field Complex
Luis Castañeda, Syracuse University

4:30–5:00 p.m.
Coffee Break

5:00–5:15 p.m.
Introduction, Respondent: Suely Rolnik, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

5:15–6:00 p.m.
Conversation, Moderator: Víctor Manuel Rodríguez. Respondent: Suely Rolnik. Participants: Anna Indych, Isobel Whitelegg, and Luis Castañeda.

6:00–6:30 p.m.
Q&A


Day Three: Friday, November 4, 2011

9:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m.; Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru



8:30–9:00 a.m.
Check-in and Coffee

9:00–9:15 a.m.
Welcome, Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach

Session V
The Archival Impulse: Accessing Documents in the Museum and the Politics of Knowledge

9:15–9:30 a.m.
Introduction, Moderator: Andrea Giunta, University of Texas, Austin and Universidad de Buenos Aires

9:30–9:50 a.m.
Art, Archives and Institutions in Chile: Notes on Their Transit in Democracy
Sebastián Vidal, University of Texas, Austin

9:50–10:10 a.m.
Activation of Archives: Challenges, Achievements and Effects of Their Exhibition in Contemporary Art
Pilar García, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City

10:10–10:30 a.m.
Between Us: Geopolitics within Latin America
Carmen Jaramillo, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá

10:30–11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break

11:00–11:15 a.m.
Introduction, Respondent: Laura Malosetti Costa, Independent curator, Buenos Aires

11:15–Noon
Conversation, Moderator: Andrea Giunta. Respondent: Laura Malosetti Costa. Participants: Sebastián Vidal, Pilar García, and Carmen Jaramillo.

Noon–12:30 p.m.
Q&A

12:30–3:00 p.m.
Lunch Break

Session VI
Concluding Discussion

3:00–3:15 p.m.
Video Screening:
Gilda Mantilla and Raimond Chaves, Un afán incómodo (An Uncomfortable Eagerness), 2011, 15 min. excerpt from 28 min. 26 sec. video

3:15–3:30 p.m.
Introduction, Moderator: Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach

3:30–3:50 p.m.
Natalia Majluf, Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru

3:50–4:10 p.m.
Cuauhtémoc Medina, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City

4:10–4:30 p.m.
Ana Paula Cohen, Independent curator, São Paulo

4:30–5:00 p.m.
Coffee Break

5:00–6:00 p.m.
Conversation, Moderator: Cecilia Fajardo-Hill. Participants: Natalia Majluf, Cuauhtémoc Medina, and Ana Paula Cohen.

6:00–6:30 p.m.
Q&A

6:30–7:30 p.m.
Closing Public Reception