Round Trip NY #13,#14,#15,#16

Round Trip NY.Eva Mendoza.

 

Round Trip NYwww.roundtripny-es.com
Entrevistas: 
Round Trip NY #13. Raúl Gómez Valverde
Round Trip NY #14. Hugo Fontela 
Round Trip NY #15. Félix Fernández
Round Trip NY #16. José Carlos Casado

Para participar en el proyecto o más información: info@roundtripny.com 
Creación y dirección ejecutiva: Eva Mendoza Chandas

Round Trip NY es un blog que trata el arte español en Nueva York a través de entrevistas a creadores, comisarios de exposiciones, gestores, críticos y otros profesionales dedicados a las artes visuales, cuyo trabajo se encuentra relacionado de alguna manera con esta ciudad.

Bien entrados ya en pleno siglo veintiuno, y habiendo sustituido casi por completo la pretérita tecnología analógica por su sucesora digital en esta nueva era basada en códigos binarios y píxeles, nos encontramos con un fenómeno, el de la emigración, que sigue estando vigente en nuestros días a pesar de las transformaciones socioculturales de los últimos tiempos. ¿Por qué los artistas y demás profesionales siguen escogiendo Nueva York como uno de los principales destinos? Frente a las razones para emigrar en el pasado, mucho más obvias (políticas, económicas...) hoy en día los motivos de estos flujos migratorios se nos presentan más difusos e imprecisos.

¿Qué lugar ocupa la cultura española en Nueva York hoy? ¿Hacia dónde se dirige? ¿Cómo está afectando esta situación a los ámbitos de la creación y de la gestión en el presente y qué consecuencias podría acarrear?

Este proyecto online recoge opiniones de profesionales sobre estas cuestiones y abrirá paso a otras, centrando su atención en la situación vigente y en la búsqueda de soluciones sostenibles.

Las nuevas entrevistas recogen las opiniones de los artistas visuales Raúl Gómez Valverde, Hugo Fontela, Félix Fernández y José Carlos Casado.

Raúl Gómez Valverde, que se encuentra en Nueva York con una beca Fulbright, opina que las ayudas de movilidad para artistas son muy importantes y que por desgracia no existen demasiadas ayudas para artistas que quieran desplazarse a Estados Unidos,  "Fulbright me está permitiendo vivir una experiencia única donde puedo centrarme exclusivamente en el contexto donde desarrollaré mi trabajo durante el resto de mi vida".

Enlace a la entrevista completa:http://www.roundtripny-es.com/2011/05/round-trip-ny-13-raul-gomez-valverde.html

Hugo Fontela encuentra muchas ventajas a la hora de llevar a cabo su trabajo en la Gran Manzana, entre ellas destaca el ambiente artístico, que califica "de primera calidad¨ así como el "ritmo frenético" de la ciudad y "la capacidad de trabajo" en ella, según su opinión, ambos mucho mayores que en España.

Enlace a entrevista completa: 
http://www.roundtripny-es.com/2011/05/round-trip-ny-14-hugo-fontela.html

Félix Fernández  llevó a cabo una residencia temporal en Nueva York durante el otoño de 2010, gracias a una beca Unión Fenosa para artistas. "estoy extremadamente satisfecho con la oportunidad que me han brindado. No ha sido una cosa fácil de conseguir ya que llevo muchos años presentándome, pero puedo decir que ha llegado en el momento en el que más la deseaba".

Enlace a entrevista completa:
http://www.roundtripny-es.com/2011/05/round-trip-ny-15-felix-fernandez.html

José Carlos Casado llegó a Nueva York en 1998, "porque vivir en NY siempre fue mi sueño". Una beca de La Caixa para estudiar un Master en la School of Visual Arts fue la manera en la que dio el paso.

Enlace a entrevista completa: 
http://www.roundtripny-es.com/2011/05/round-trip-ny-16-jose-carlos-casado.html

Round Trip NY #9,#10,#11,#12

Round Trip NY. Eva Mendoza

Round Trip NYwww.roundtripny.com Interviews:  Round Trip NY #9. Paco Cano  Round Trip NY #10. Laura Turégano  Round Trip NY #11. Gema Alava  Round Trip NY #12. Jodie Dinapoli For more information: info@roundtripny.com Founder and Executive Director: Eva Mendoza Chandas Round Trip NY is a blog about Spanish art in New York that contains interviews with artists, curators, art managers, critics and other professionals devoted to the arts, whose work is in some manner related to New York City. We are quite well settled in the twenty-first century. We have substituted almost entirely the former analog technology with its digital successor in this new era based on binary codes and pixels. We find a phenomenon, however, that continues to be present nowadays, in spite of the socio-cultural transformations that have taken place in the last years.  This phenomenon is foreign-artist emigration. Why are artists and other art professionals still choosing NY as one of their main destinations? In contrast with reasons for emigrating in the past- political, economic, etc. - nowadays, the causes of this migratory movement are much more diffuse and imprecise. What is the role of Spanish culture in NY nowadays? Where is it going? How is this situation affecting the creation and administration fields in the present, and what repercussions will it have in the future? The new interviewees are the visual artist Gema Alava, the curators Jodie Dinapoli, Paco Cano and the cultural manager and Associated Director of The King Juan Carlos I Center at New York University, Laura Turégano. Gema Alava considers that if Spanish institutions want to truly support Spanish artists, they must begin to contact them, communicate with them or even pay them a visit at their studios.  Follow this link to read the interview:  http://www.roundtripny.com/2011/04/round-trip-ny-11-gema-alava.html Jodie Dinapoli is currently working for No Longer Empty (NLE) www.nolongerempty.org, where she is part of a team of curators and directs the scheduling for events that accompany exhibitions.Follow this link to read the interview:http://www.roundtripny.com/2011/04/round-trip-ny-12-jodie-dinapoli.html Paco Cano curated the exhibition N.Y. Motion 1.0 where he blended some ideas: "Motion -so as to study mobility within the world of art; Promotion -since the main aim was to promote a group of Spanish artists from a given generation; and Emotion -because the work of each artist was examined in light of its contact with American culture and art".  Follow this link to read the interview: http://www.roundtripny.com/2011/01/round-trip-ny-9-paco-cano.html Laura Turégano finds that one of the major challenges in the promotion and cultural exchange resides in the difficulty to gain visibility in the massiveness of New York City, "the amount of time and effort necessary for a project to be visible in this town is massive."  Follow this link to read the interview: http://www.roundtripny.com/2011/04/round-trip-ny-10-laura-turegano.html

Round Trip NY #4,#5,#6,#7,#8

Round Trip NY. Eva Mendoza

Round Trip NY 
http://www.roundtripny.com/
Interviews:
Round Trip NY #4. Esther Achaerandio 
Round Trip NY #5. Verónica Peña
Round Trip NY #6. Juanli Carrión
Round Trip NY #7. Ana Morales Partida 
Round Trip NY #8. Abigail Lazkoz

For more information: info@roundtripny.com 
Founder and Executive Director: Eva Mendoza Chandas

Round Trip NY is a blog about Spanish art in New York that contains interviews with artists, curators, art managers, critics and other professionals devoted to the arts and culture, whose work is in some manner related to NY City.

We are quite well settled in the twenty-first century. We have substituted almost entirely the former analog technology with its digital successor in this new era based on binary codes and pixels. We find a phenomenon, however, that continues to be present nowadays, in spite of the socio-cultural transformations that have taken place in the last years.  This phenomenon is foreign-artist emigration.

Why are artists and other art professionals still choosing NY as one of their main destinations? In contrast with reasons for emigrating in the past- political, economic, etc. - nowadays, the causes of this migratory movement are much more diffuse and imprecise.

What is the role of Spanish culture in NY nowadays? Where is it going? How is this situation affecting the creation and administration fields in the present, and what repercussions will it have in the future?

The new interviewed are the visual artists, Esther Achaerandio, Verónica Peña, Juanli Carrión, Abigail Lazkoz and and the curator and cultural manager Ana Morales Partida. 
In Esther Achaerandio's opinion, there's a deep rift between the incentives which promote Spanish artists' mobility and the actual need for them: "They are few and yet the demand is high. The agreements with American institutions are limited. That's why Spanish artists, and above all the youngest of them, have little impact in NYC." 
Follow this link to read the interview:http://www.roundtripny.com/2010/12/round-trip-ny-4-esther-achaerandio.html

Verónica Peña appreciates the benefits of promoting her work in one of the artistic capitals of the world and the direct facing with curators and gallerists. In her own words, "the system is a bit more approachable than it is in Spain" 
Follow this link to read the interview:http://www.roundtripny.com/2010/12/round-trip-ny-5-veronica-pena.html

Juanli Carrión is in professional contact with Spanish institutions settled in New York, whose work he finds "sporadic and questionable" 
Follow this link to read the interview:http://www.roundtripny.com/2010/12/round-trip-ny-6-juanli-carrion.html

Ana Morales Partida thinks that "NY has a lot to offer to any person related to cultural or artistic fields. In this city it is possible to stay in permanent touch with all kinds of people from everywhere, to be aware of the non-stop bombardment of new things happening, and to learn to work in a businesslike way, which is very important if you really want culture to be a wealth generating industry".
Follow this link to read the interview:http://www.roundtripny.com/2010/12/ana-morales-partida-httpwww.html

Abigail Lazkoz  has noticed that the Spanish Institutions in NY "The policies tend to be erratic, depending on the varied profiles of those in charge of those labors. They seem to be subject to chance and to opportunism rather than to a clearly defined program of action." 
Follow this link to read the interview:http://www.roundtripny.com/2010/12/round-trip-ny-8-abigail-lazkoz.html

Round Trip NY #1,#2,#3

Round Trip NY. Eva Mendoza

Round Trip NYwww.roundtripny.com

Interviews: 
Round Trip NY #1. Laura F. Gibellini
Round Trip NY #2. Txuspo Poyo
Round Trip NY #3. Pedro Barbeito
For more information: info@roundtripny.com
Founder and Executive Director: Eva Mendoza Chandas

Round Trip NY is a blog about Spanish art in New York that contains interviews with artists, curators, art managers, critics and other professionals devoted to the arts and culture, whose work is in some manner related to NY City.

We are quite well settled in the twenty-first century. We have substituted almost entirely the former analog technology with its digital successor in this new era based on binary codes and pixels. We find a phenomenon, however, that continues to be present nowadays, in spite of the socio-cultural transformations that have taken place in the last years.  This phenomenon is foreign-artist emigration.

Why are artists and other art professionals still choosing NY as one of their main destinations? In contrast with reasons for emigrating in the past- political, economic, etc. - nowadays, the causes of this migratory movement are much more diffuse and imprecise.

What is the role of Spanish culture in NY nowadays? Where is it going? How is this situation affecting the creation and administration fields in the present, and what repercussions will it have in the future?

This online project gathers the opinions of professionals regarding these questions and opens up other questions, focusing  attention on the actual circumstances with the purpose of looking for sustainable solutions.

The first interviewed are the visual artists, Laura F. Gibellini, Txuspo Poyo and Pedro Barbeito.

Laura F. Gibellini (1978) thinks that there is some effort for the promotion of Spanish artists, "I feel uncomfortable thinking that the recognition of an artist depends on his origin. I don't quite like the idea of a Spanish artist being Spanish prior to being an artist. I believe that the institutions in Spain are starting to consider the importance of generating institutional links that favor mobility for the artists, something that is very necessary and still very limited. This is what I miss."Follow this link to read the interview:http://www.roundtripny.com/2010/08/round-trip-ny-1-laura-f-gibellini.html

Txuspo Poyo (1963) thinks that there are enough tools and potential in order to develop a cultural program in New York. Some keys to achieve this would be "...to count with a professional team that believes in the project instead of counting on functionaries. If we have in consideration the mobility of artists, curators, critics and musicians...who are in the city, we would be able to maintain a small space, a place without ostentations, but dynamic that involves a big part of these art professionals, an open space with a multicultural tissue. It may sounds utopic but the small peripheral art centers have demonstrated that it is possible. We shouldn't forget the media. We should involve them. New York counts with a lot of correspondents, both for written and for TV."Follow this link to read the interview:http://www.roundtripny.com/2010/08/round-trip-ny-2-txuspo-poyo.html

Pedro Barbeito (1969) regarding the pros and cons of being an artist on the East Coast, Barbeito affirms that "The disadvantage is that living and working in NY is expensive. The advantage is having an art community close, being able of seeing art whenever you want and getting to meet art dealers and curators, and establishing relations with them. I think nowadays there are more opportunities to exhibit in NY galleries than in other places. NY continues to be the center of the art world. Both the quantity and the variety of international audiences that can see the work of an artist are multiplied in NY."Follow this link to read the interview:http://www.roundtripny.com/2010/09/pedro-barbeito-la-coruna-1969-even.html

I Remember. King Juan Carlos Center at NYU

Recuerdo de Andrés Barba

Recuerdo de Andrés Barba

Exposición fotográfica y presentación del libro Recuerdo.

Inauguración- presentación: 11 de Febrero 2011 a las 7 de la tarde.

Coloquio entre los escritores Andrés Barba y Javier Montes

Exposición abierta al público del 11 de Febrero al 11 de Marzo 2011.

Comisariada por Eva Mendoza Chandas

Copatrocinado por el King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center

y el Consulado de España en Nueva York

King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center

New York University

53 Washington Square South. Suite 201.

New York, NY 100121

Más información:

www.nyu.edu/kjc/
info@evamendozachandas.com

El 11 de Febrero a las siete de la tarde se inaugurará Recuerdo. El proyecto incluye una exposición fotográfica y la presentación del libro Recuerdo de Andrés Barba, seguida de un coloquio con los escritores Andrés Barba y Javier Montes.

 La exposición, comisariada por Eva Mendoza Chandas, podrá visitarse durante un mes en el King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center en Nueva York.

Recuerdo es un proyecto que aúna fotografía y literatura. El resultado de este proceso creativo ha tomado la forma de libro de artista. Recuerdo es también el título de la exposición en la que se exhibe el material utilizado para la creación del mencionado libro.

El concepto de la presente exposición se ubica en un cruce de caminos, en un territorio híbrido en el que imagen y escritura interactúan en una suerte de libro-instalación.

Breves Biografías

Andrés Barba, Madrid, 1975 se dio a conocer en 2001 con La hermana de Katia (finalista del Premio Herralde y llevada a la gran pantalla por Mijke de Jong), a la que siguieron títulos publicados en Anagrama como La recta intención, Ahora tocad música de baile y Versiones de Teresa (Premio Torrente Ballester). La ceremonia del porno, ensayo escrito en colaboración con Javier Montes, recibió el Premio Anagrama en 2008.

La obra de Barba ha sido traducida a ocho idiomas y ha tenido una excelente acogida entre la crítica.

Javier Montes, Madrid, 1976, autor de Los Penúltimos, Premio Pereda 2008, Segunda parte y junto a Andrés Barba, de La ceremonia del porno, Premio Anagrama de Ensayo. Escribe sobre arte contemporáneo  en ABC Cultural, Letras Libres y la Revista de Occidente. Comisario de exposiciones y colaborador en catálogos del Museo Reina Sofía, La Conservera, MARCO y Da2 Salamanca.

Eva Mendoza, Orense, 1978

Artista, gestora cultural y comisaria de exposiciones. Master en Administración de Arte por la Universidad de Columbia. Ha contado con becas como la Beca de la Residencia de Estudiantes del Ayuntamiento de Madrid y la Beca Fulbright y del Ministerio de Cultura. Ha comisariado exposiciones para diferentes espacios y dirigió y creó Feedback TV, un espacio de videoarte creado por artistas que se emitió durante dos años en La Otra de Telemadrid. En la actualidad dirige el proyecto Round Trip NY http://www.roundtripny.com desde Nueva York y organiza el Festival de Videoarte Latino Region 0. http://www.regionzero.net para la New York University.