The International Museum of Contemporary Art, MIAC – Castillo de San José, the Casa de los Arroyo and the Pancho Lasso Art School will be the cornerstones of the II edition of Ser-mediation, a cultural program organized by the Tourist Centers that addresses the incorporation of artistic education as an instrument for analysis, reflection and transformation of the planet. The event will kick off next Tuesday, November 29 at the MIAC, Castillo de San José and will end on December 20 with a workshop that will be held at the Casa de los Arroyo.
“Artistic training must be a basic pillar to build a diverse and critical community with its environment, and capable of offering the best and most appropriate responses to the challenges of the present and future that may arise”, explained the CEO of the Tourist Centers, Benjamín Perdomo.
"Art is in the classroom, on the street and in everyday life, so the human being must assume formal education with means focused on culture and transdisciplinary activities to stop being a consumer and become a prosumer, that is, to be a receiver and producer of content simultaneously. The public sphere ceases to be the place for the acquisition and distribution of content to become a space to motivate the individual to learn, experiment and investigate", they point out from the Tourist Centers.
In this context, Ser-mediation offers answers to questions and proposes analysis, reflection and debate about the role that artistic and cultural practice should play in the future of communities.
Ser-mediation
Ser-mediation will start next Tuesday, November 29, with a conference by José Luis Pérez Pont and Susana Arias, manager of the Consortium of Museums of Valencia and head of the Mediation department of the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona. It will be at the MIAC, Castillo de San José, at 7:30 p.m.
Ser-Mediation deploys an important and ambitious program of workshops that will begin with Onda Corta Lab, by María Laura Benavente, which will be held on November 30 and December 1, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., also at the MIAC. This workshop explores the possibilities of sound and word as a tool for social communication and artistic exploration.
On the same day, December 1 and 2, also from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Comisariar el pensamiento joven will take place, by the cultural producer La Sullivan. In this case, the workshop will circulate the basic questions to collectively answer the notions that cross artistic curatorship. It will be at the Casa de los Arroyo.
Ser-Mediation will continue its programming on December 12 and 13, with a workshop by Radio Pimienta. Aimed at students of the Pancho Lasso School, it aims to introduce radio as a tool to guarantee freedom of expression and the creation of critical thinking.
'10 maps above sea level' is the title of the workshop that will close the II edition of this training initiative. Taught by the Solar collective. Cultural action, will be focused on generating a mental and physical expedition to the urban grays to create new stories that respond to the realities and needs of the population. It will take place on December 19 and 20, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Casa de los Arroyo.
Those interested in obtaining more information or participating in Ser-Mediation can go to the websites www.cactlanzarote.com or this link, or call the Cultural Production Department of the Tourist Centers, at 928 801500.
