El Almacén has been the place chosen for the presentation this Tuesday of the eighth edition of 'Veintinueve Trece', the Lanzarote Photography and Visual Arts Meeting. An event organized in institutional collaboration by the Cabildo of Lanzarote and La Graciosa, the Centers of Art, Culture and Tourism and the Culture Area of the Arrecife City Council.
The Minister of Culture, Jesús Machín Tavío, has expressed "the firm support of the Cabildo for this meeting that every year makes us reflect on important issues for society from multiple perspectives, putting the name of Lanzarote as a benchmark in the organization of events that has audiovisual material as the protagonist at a national and international level".
After seven editions of the 'Meeting' and its consolidation as a reference space for visual culture in the Canary Islands, 'Veintinueve Trece' begins a new journey for the next 5 years in which different "counter-trends" will be addressed. Each year a program will be developed around a theme that allows questioning certain concepts that structure current society and that, starting from a global character, also have impact at a regional and local level and can be addressed by the visual arts.
Nicolás Melián, spokesperson for the organization, explained that "in this sense 'Failure' will be the transversal theme of all the activities that are part of this eighth edition of the festival, specifically, failure as a "counter-trend" to the current obsession with success that permeates all strata of society, including the growth, knowledge and reflection of the various mental illnesses, especially in the younger population".
Veintinueve Trece Program
To analyze, debate and promote the conscious use of visual language, the program of the 'Meeting' that begins on Tuesday morning, has organized activities aimed at all audiences. From workshops for children, screenings, debates and conferences by a careful selection of professionals from different disciplines.
As a highlight, we can highlight the presence of the American photographer from the 'Magnum Agency', Alec Soth, whose arrival for the first time, not only to the Canary Islands but to Spain, has generated great impact at a national level.
In addition, Irma Ferrer Peñate and Federico Aguilera Klink, lawyer and economist, respectively, specialized in Environment, will debate the failure of the current tourism model in the Canary Islands; Iván de los Ríos, Doctor in Philosophy from the UAM will coordinate a debate on the representation of failure in cinema; The visual artist Daniel Mairyt will address the relationship between the photographic image and the socio-political context. And the portraitist Sofía Moro will present "Who deserves to die?", a plea against the death penalty.
Figures such as Rosa Olivares, the creative studio 'Hamill Industries', the Canarian director Raquel San Nicolás, the anthropologist Belma Hernández-Francés and the FotógrafasLATAM collective, dedicated to promoting and making visible Latin American women photographers, will also participate.
All the information and programming of the eighth edition 'Lanzarote Visual Arts Meeting', 'Veintinueve Trece', is available on the official site of the event.
