The XI edition of the Lanzarote Art Biennial faces the beginning of the year with the launch of "three unmissable events on the cultural agenda of the month of January", according to the organization. These are, in chronological order, the inauguration of the exhibition 'We will be what we eat', on January 12; the performance 'La Bordadora', on Friday the 13th; and the conference 'The role of the judge in social justice', on Tuesday the 17th.
The CEO of the Tourist Centers, Benjamín Perdomo, encourages the island's population to "share and enjoy a rich, varied and avant-garde cultural proposal, which seals our commitment to the human and social values promoted by this edition of the Biennial and maintains the Entity as a benchmark for the artistic industry."
This coming Thursday, January 12, at 7:00 p.m., the exhibition 'We will be what we eat' will be inaugurated at the Casa de la Cultura Benito Pérez Armas in Yaiza. Coordinated by Gerson Díaz, "this exhibition is the result of a participatory workshop on photography and food held in different educational centers on the island with young people between the ages of 13 and 17," explains the event's organization. Both the workshop and the exhibition invite reflection on the eating habits of young people in Lanzarote and La Graciosa. The project has been supported by the town councils of Yaiza, Teguise and San Bartolomé.
The following day, Friday, January 13, also at 7:00 p.m., the performance 'La Bordadora' by Costa Badía (Madrid, 1980) will take place at the CIC El Almacén. In her performance, the artist makes visible the difficulties that women with disabilities have in any everyday situation. "Badía herself presents herself performing different activities considered feminine that never get fully executed; acts that are habitual and, at the same time, impossible," the organization points out. This project has the collaboration of the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum of Madrid.
Finally, next Tuesday, January 17, at 7:30 p.m., the CIC El Almacén will host the conference 'The role of the judge in social justice', by Adalberto de la Cruz, Magistrate Judge Dean of Arrecife and of the Court of First Instance No. 2 and Provincial Spokesperson of the Francisco de Vitoria Judicial Association. The presentation is an open reflection on social justice and other issues related to Human Rights, society and justice from a critical and improvement perspective.
Biennial Program
Finally, it should be remembered that the exhibitions 'Eyes under the shadow' by the Mexican Tania Candiani, 'Tropical parallelism of absence' by the Venezuelan Marco Montiel-Soto, and 'Mediterranean' by Carlos Martiel, all at the MIAC, International Museum of Contemporary Art - Castillo de San José; 'Three days, eight days, forty days' by the Romanian Marius Ionut Scarlat, at La Casa Amarilla, and 'Tlatelolco Public Space Odyssey' by the Mexican Ximena Labra, at CIC El Almacén, can currently be visited.
All are part of the program of a Biennial that will inaugurate its third and final block on March 3 with the collective exhibition 'The words we do not yet possess', with works by Carmela García, Martha Rosler or Doris Salcedo, curated by Semíramis González, and the individual exhibitions of Patty Chang, Jenny Jaramillo and Mónica Mayer, among other activities.
