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lugar a dudas (español)
lugar a dudas (room for doubts) is an independent
nonprofit space, located in Cali, first city of the department of Valle
del Cauca.
The city has a population close to 2'400.000 inhabitants and it is located
in the southwestern zone of the country. Its purpose is to promote and
disseminate the contemporary artistic practices. As its name suggests,
lugar a dudas is a laboratory for research, confrontation, reflection
and critic. A space that, more than trying to become a legitimate or substitute
organization for other institutions, privileges research, from its own
field.
Consequently its programs, events, exhibitions and workshops, aim to make
visible problems and discrepancies of the context we live in; to stimulate
discussion and support experiences that accompany transformations of the
cultural sectors of Cali and the region.
soda fountain
In a comfortable terrace, lugar a dudas offers a varied menu of
light food, drinks, coffee and desserts at low prices.
Open from 4:00 pm
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lugar a dudas strives in three articulated action/spaces; three work areas that have been shaped along the years according to the needs, the uses of the space and the way we operate. Although different, each one includes a series of activities intended and directed all towards research, critical thinking and production of meaning within the field of contemporary artistic practice: Two Exhibition programs:
An encounter and research space named sala de estar (living room), conformed by a living room and a reading room where our documentation center is spread out to everyday visitors, and a open air backyard where two film programs take place twice a week. These spaces also foster the talks, workshops, forums and meetings that lugar a dudas proposes to the public. The residency area, located in the backside
of the house, is the space where the participants of the residency
program lodge. lugar a dudas has participated for three
years now, in a residency and exchange network with other non-profit
spaces from Latin America that offers residency grants to artists,
curators and researchers. Nevertheless, artists, curators and researchers
interested in coming to lugar a dudas, can apply independently
to make a residency project in the city. |
lugar a dudas receives support from Avina (Switzerland), the Arts Collaboratory* program from Hivos - Doen Foundation in cooperation with the Mondriaan Foundation (Holland). It receives local support from Mario Scarpetta and Ernesto Fernández. Besides, lugar a dudas makes agreements with the Colombian Ministry of Culture, in order to develop projects of common interest. The creation and research laboratories in the Pacific Area, Cauca and Nariño are one of them. * Arts Collaboratory is a program of the Hivos Foundation and DOEN for initiatives led by visual artists in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and for the exchange with organizations of visual arts in Holland in cooperation with the Mondriaan Foundation. |
The work team: Carolina Ruiz: la vitrina exhibition program Coordinator Cesar García: Publications Coordinator David Álvarez: Graphic Designer Jorge Schneider: Webmaster Diana Carolina Torres: Administration coordinator Oscar Muñoz: Managing Director. María Alexandra Marín: Non-fiction film program presenter Luisa González: Cinema d’auteur film program presenter Joël Rozen: soda fountain. Leandra Plaza: Documentation Center coordinator Oscar Campo: Film program curator Sally Mizrachi: General coordinator María Eugenia Alba: Maintenance We work with an advisory group, conformed by artists, national and international curators who bring their valuable suggestions and initiatives, to the activities lugar a dudas proposes. |
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