Against Interpretation

"Against Interpretation" was the title of the 1st Visual arts exhibition of CASA Latin American Theatre Festival 2010, which has now come to an end. This ran alongside the selection of theater performances from El Salvador, Colombia, Argentina and Uruguay.

Against Interpretation was an exhibition that "eludes the disparity of contemporary Latin American culture to show unified works whose momentum is so rapid, whose address is so direct that the work can simply be…. It is showcasing exciting Latin American, London based artists", such as:

Carlos Martyn Burgos (El Salvador ) www.memakestuff.com

Marina Cobra (Brazil) www.marinacobra.com

Marcelo Duchen Rodriguez (Bolivia)

Ofelia Diaz, (Venezuela) www.ofeliadiaz.com

Juan Carlos Farah , (Peru) juancarlosfarah.com

John Angel Rodriguez (Colombia) www.angelroka.webs.com

Otto Schade (Chile) www.ottoschade.com

Curated by Nina Brazzo and Diana Aramayo

A powerful image by Chilean artist Otto Schade

A great piece by Colombian artist John Angel Rodriguez

On the opening night, curator Ninna Brazzo dedicated an amazing poem written by herself to all the artists participating. I wanted to share it here as I think it's beautifully written and expressed.

Against Interpretation

Nina Alexia Brazzo Curatorship dedication to the artists:

The Time Of Times Will Come

These are times of more medicines

But less healthiness

More conveniences

But less time

More knowledge

But less judgement

When there is much in the window

But nothing in the room

Surpass the idea of content

Rise above the perennial interpretation.

No more poisoned sensibilities

No more revenge of the intellect

No more article for use

To the loss of sharpness in our sensory experience

Is this you?

Is this me?

Is this humanity?

This is not a gesture of the mind situated in some timelessness realm of capabilities

Attain alertness

Dispel the separateness

We can be together

Joint because under the creator we are one

Within boundaries we find expansion

Fighting the nafs of the subconscious

Yearning to return back to our innocence

Direct yourself to me

Free yourself from the itch to interpret

Freedom. Happiness. Simplicity.

Cultivate inside and out

Elude the otherness of contemporary culture and

simply

Be.

clearing up...