dan arenzon on Mon, 22 Dec 1997 10:03:23 +0100 |
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Syndicate: South and Culture Lag |
South and Culture Lag What outsiders recognize as Southamerican art and culture is not what we officially foster. For years we have been transferring and conveying esthetics from abroad before becoming aware of the contents of our own perception, in spite of official opposition our artists were brought up under their own light, space and substance (America) where it became apparent that established codes could only obscure the way. Allowing their senses to work without prejudice, before having stated What or How reality supposedly is, gave shape to the artists that anyone abroad recognizes as our artists. Ssshould I stress abroad? We know and believe that a new spirit requires its own language in order to truly reveal itself, but we officiously cherish what was considered by others, elsewhere which has brought us to the reality we are trying to ignore: Argentina is unable to complete the education of its young artists. Not only because of the above stated, there is also our cyber-ignorance . Our high school students interested in media and electronic arts are forced to travel abroad because they know their teachers have had no contact whatsoever with new technologies. Art and education has very little funding and almost no art teacher can spend four months salary in hardware. We are facing today this double failure of our social institutions to respect our cultural legacy and to keep pace with our world complex cyberreality. Dan Arenzon - CV Born into a family of art collectors, painted all my life; graduated professor of painting, began cinema and computer studies (90s); after art school, fine arts master from the Andes mountain range to the Neguev desert in Israel. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com