Mujeres santalucences en el mundo del arte St. Lucian Women in Art - London 2015. YouTube.
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"Dominican Onomatopoeia" Short Documentary in Interviews Directed and Edited by Paloma Valenzuela Camera and Lights: Juan Carlos Vélez This short documentary in interviews works almost as a comical lesson in the "Dominican" language. In the Dominican Republic the national language is Spanish, however in comparison to other Spanish-speaking countries, the Dominican Republic is unique in its use of onomatopoeia, street slang and gestures. With these series of interviews given to a diverse group of young people that currently live in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, we get a chance to learn about Dominican mannerisms, the onomatopoeia in daily conversation and some very common phrases that are unique specifically to Dominican Culture. A well deserved ode to the tjoerie. The what?!? The tjoerie, which is the Surinamese word for what is known in the French West Indies as 'le tchip' and in the English speaking part of the Caribbean as 'kiss-teeth'. When something or someone becomes too annoying, one always has an effective weapon at their disposal: a long, cricket-like sound of which the effect combined with rolling eyes is deadly insulting. There is no one that does not respect a good tjoerie. Dutty Berry Show. "Weird Sounds Jamaicans Make." YouTube. 2013.
Una artista emergente: Sol Calero transforme a Studio Voltaiare en un clase caribeño bien «kitsch»7/2/2016 A lot of your work seems to play into the hands of, and mine the borders between preconception and expectation, and specifically issues of identity. Could you speak more about this element in your practice?
There are all kinds of different expectations that one can have about what an artist should be doing or making. If you studied in a certain school, you are supposed to belong to a certain kind of methodology; if you had a certain professor, your work is going to enter into another certain categorization. The same goes for if you are from one place or another. This is something I’ve been thinking about lately. The more I learn about the art world, the more I notice how few Latin American (and especially Venezuelan) artists are represented in it…I started thinking about the reasons for this, and what exactly is ‘Latin American Art’ and how is it seen? How are we seen as Latin American artists? And how do we see ourselves? |
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