Monday, September 26, 2011

Profile: Isidro Blasco. Category: Visual Arts. Spain Culture NY



Interview by Eva Mendoza for Spain Culture New York. Consulate General of Spain in New York.
Quote: "New York is a city that welcomes, open to everyone, and if you have something interesting to offer you'll be able to make it. Some negative experience can also occur, and then you may have to leave, but at first it is a city where you learn a lot and grow".
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Spanish Creators in New York (Creadores Españoles en Nueva York)


ANTONI MUNTADAS Interview detail.

Spanish Creators in New York (Creadores Españoles en Nueva York)


Spain Culture New York Coordination:

Águeda Sanfiz

asanfiz@spainculturenewyork.org
Interviews by:

Eva Mendoza Chandas

info@evamendozachandas.com

Spanish Creators in New York is a new section within the website of the Consulate General of Spain in New York http://www.spainculturenewyork.org, which consists on a series of interviews with creative professionals living in New York. These artists belong to a range of disciplines including: theater, literature, visual arts, music, dance, architecture, design and gastronomy.

Some of the earliest published interviews correspond to the visual artists Antoni Muntadas, Elena del Rivero and Juan Uslé, the architect Ana Maria Torres, the musicians Cristina Pato and Ricardo Llorca, the filmmaker Martin Rosete, the chef Marc Vidal and the writer Eduardo Lago, among others.

The purpose of these dialogues with creators is to highlight their professional profiles through their experiences, their work and projects and to show through the website the activity of Spanish culture performed in the United States.

This section of interviews with creators supplements the work already being done by the Consulate General of Spain in New York, thereby strengthening its support for promoting Spanish culture and the arts and culture. Interviews are a living example of bilateral cultural relations between both countries. Through the experiences of the interviewed, this interaction shows the involvement of Spanish artists in American cultural life and their contribution to the multiculturalism of the city of New York .

Links to the interviews:

http://www.spainculturenewyork.org/beta/cms/spanish-creators/spanish-creators-in-ny/

Interviews by Eva Mendoza Chandas.

Independent curator and cultural manager.

Master in Arts in Business Administration from Columbia University under the auspices of a Fulbright scholarship and the Ministry of Culture of Spain. Her graduation thesis deals with the situation of Spanish artists living in New York and their relationship with the city's cultural institutions.

She previously obtained a Master in Cultural Management from the Instituto Ortega y Gasset in Madrid and a Master in Arts and New Technologies from the European University of Madrid. Mendoza is a graduate in Journalism and Humanities and has been specializing in contemporary art, having undertaken the doctorate courses in Fine Arts and categories of Modernity at the Complutense University of Madrid.

In 2011, she curated and organized Region 0. The Latino Festival of Video Art New York, at the King Juan Carlos I of New York University (NYU). She is also the executive director of the project Round Trip NY and contributor to the online publication XTRART, a portal specialized in cultural promotion aaportal specialized in cultural promotion and reflection.
Spanish Creators in New York (Creadores Españoles en Nueva York)

Coordinación Spain Culture New York:
Águeda Sanfiz
Comisariado y realización de las entrevistas:
Eva Mendoza Chandas


Spanish Creators in New York (Creadores Españoles en Nueva York) consiste en una nueva sección dentro de la página web del Consulado General de España en Nueva York http://www.spainculturenewyork.org, en la que se presentan una serie de entrevistas con profesionales de la creación residentes en Nueva York. Estos creadores pertenecen a una variedad de disciplinas que incluyen: cine, literatura, artes visuales, música, teatro, danza, arquitectura, diseño y gastronomía
Algunas de las primeras entrevistas publicadas corresponden a los artistas visuales Antoni Muntadas, Elena del Rivero y Juan Uslé, la arquitecta Ana María Torres, los músicos Ricardo Llorca y Cristina Pato, el cineasta Martín Rosete, el chef Marc Vidal y el escritor Eduardo Lago, entre otros.
La finalidad de estos diálogos con los creadores es destacar sus perfiles profesionales a través de sus experiencias, sus trabajos y sus proyectos y subrayar la labor que profesionales de la cultura española llevan a cabo en Estados Unidos a través de la difusión web.
Esta sección de entrevistas a creadores suplementa el trabajo que ya viene realizando el Consulado General de España en Nueva York, reforzando así su apoyo a la cultura española y la promoción de las artes y la cultura. Las entrevistas son un vivo ejemplo de las relaciones culturales bilaterales entre ambos países, ya que a través de las experiencias de los protagonistas se hace patente la participación de creadores españoles en la vida cultural norteamericana y su aportación a la multiculturalidad de la ciudad de Nueva York.
Enlaces a las entrevistas:
Entrevistas realizadas por Eva Mendoza Chandas.
Comisaria independiente y gestora cultural.
Master en Administración de Arte por la Universidad de Columbia con el patrocinio de una beca Fulbright y del Ministerio de Cultura de España. Su tesis de graduación versa sobre la situación de los artistas españoles que residen en Nueva York y su relación con las instituciones culturales de la ciudad.
Previamente obtuvo un Master en Gestión Cultural por el Instituto Ortega y Gasset de Madrid, y un Master en Arte y Nuevas Tecnologías en la Universidad Europea de Madrid. Mendoza es licenciada en Periodismo y Humanidades y se ha venido especializando en arte contemporáneo, para lo que realizó los cursos de Doctorado en Bellas Artes y Categorías de la Modernidad en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
En 2011 comisarió y organizó Region 0. The Latino Video Art Festival of New York, en el Centro Rey Juan Carlos I de la Universidad de Nueva York (NYU). Además, es la directora ejecutiva del proyecto de entrevistas Round Trip NY y colaboradora de la publicación online XTRART, portal especializado en la difusión y la reflexión cultural.


Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Profile: Elena del Rivero Category: Visual Arts. Spain Culture NY



Interview by Eva Mendoza for Spain Culture New York. Consulate General of Spain in New York.
Quote: "The city allows the 'invention' and this, along with the freedom you feel when you are abroad, is so liberating for an artist. New York also allows for solitude, and it is possible to work undisturbed in the studio. I am a traditional studio artist."
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Friday, September 2, 2011

Profile: Antoni Muntadas. Category: Visual Arts. Spain Culture NY



Interview by Eva Mendoza for Spain Culture New York. Consulate General of Spain in New York.
Quote: "The situation of generosity and sharing information that I lived on my arrival is now virtually gone. People have become much more individualistic and each attends to his own business"
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