EVENT POSTPONED to the Spring
ALEXANDER DEL REY with PERFO PUERTO
Santiago and Valparaiso, Chile
ALEXANDER DEL REY
Educator, curator, organizer and performance artist since 1993; to date, has presented her work in 18 countries in Europe, Asia, North and South America. Among others, he has been guest curator of international performance art festivals, "Interakcje" in Poland and "Blow", Germany. He was organizer and curator of "Performare" (1997), the first international exhibition of performance art in Santiago, Chile; and with Alejandra Herrera, he was co-founder of PerfoPuerto, independent performance art, with which he was curator and co-organizer of 15 international performance art festivals between 2002-2008, featuring the work of over 120 artists 30 countries in Europe, Asia, Oceania and America. In 2008, co-founded the platform of performance art in Latin America, PerfoLink; it has been curator and co-organizer of 14 international performance art festivals in Caracas (Venezuela), Santiago, Valparaiso and Concepcion (Chile) and La Pedrera Montevideo (Uruguay) and Cordoba (Argentina). In 2013 he has presented his work at the 15th edition of the International Festival "Interakcje" Piotrków - Trybunalski, Poland.
Alexander Del Rey:PERFOLINK
En 2008, Alexander Del Re, Aidana Rico e Ignacio Pérez, deciden crear una extensión natural a las actividades que han desarrollado en sus respectivos países, creando PerfoLink.org, con el fin de desarrollar la implementación de una plataforma de integración Latinoamericana en torno al arte de performance que sirva para unificar los recursos recopilados a través de las organizaciones independientes "PerfoPuerto" y "Performancelogía" durante años anteriores.
En Chile a fines de 2001, Alexander Del Re co-funda la organización independiente "PerfoPuerto"; la cual se dedica a la producción de eventos internacionales, talleres y conferencias de la disciplina, presentando a más de 120 artisstas de 30 países de América, Europa, Asia y Oceanía; además de lo anterior, la organización realiza la publicación del libro "PerfoPuerto 2002-2007. Arte de Peformance en Chile", sobre sus primeros años de actividades, así como de varias ediciones en DVD con documentación de artistas que se presentaron en sus festivales.
Por otra parte en Venezuela en 2005, Aidana Rico e Ignacio Pérez fundan la organización "Performanceología", con el objetivo de reunir textos y material audiovisual sobre arte de performance, disponible en habla hispana; luego de los primeros años de trabajo, la organización ha compilado selecciones de su materialen CD-ROMs y ha publicado el material recibido en su sitio web, así como colaborado en la dfusión y organización de eventos de arte de performance, participando además en charlas y talleres de la disciplina. Performanceología ha creado el boletín de distribución sobre arte de performance, el de mayor cobertura en habla hispana en la actualidad.
COLLABORATE Performance Art Festival Chile 2014
In 2008, Alexander Del Re, Aidana Rico and Ignacio Perez, decided to create a natural extension of the activities that have developed in their respective countries, creating PerfoLink.org, in order to develop the implementation of a platform for Latin American integration around performance art that serves to unify the resources collected through independent organizations "PerfoPuerto" and "Performancelogía" during previous years.
In Chile in late 2001, Alexander Del Re co-founded the independent "PerfoPuerto"; which is dedicated to the production of international events, workshops and conferences of the discipline, presenting more than 120 artisstas 30 countries of America, Europe, Asia and Oceania; in addition to the above, the organization conducts the publication of the book "PerfoPuerto 2002-2007. Peformance Art in Chile", their first years of activities, as well as several DVD editions with documentation of artists presented in festivals.
Moreover in Venezuela in 2005, Aidana Rico and Ignacio Pérez founded the organization "Performanceología" with the aim of bringing together texts and audiovisual material on performance art, available in speaking; after the first years of work, the organization has compiled selections from his CD-ROMs materialen and published the material received on its website, and collaborated in the organization dfusion and performance art events and participated in talks and workshops discipline. Performanceología created Bulletin distribution on performance art, the largest Spanish-language coverage today.
COLLABORATE Performance Art Festival Chile 2014
COLLABORATE is an international festival of performance art that is based on the idea that what is normally expected of an art festival, is creating real cultural exchanges between different regions of the world and collaboration between artists. Thus, PerfoLink gives guests artists the opportunity to collaborate with other artists, creating unusual unexpected performances among colleagues.
Festival sites:
November 4 - 18:00 hrs: Promo - Center for Health Promotion and Culture of Quillota
November 5 - 18:00 hrs: Young Artists of Valparaiso Balmaceda, Lautaro Rosas esq.Santa Isabel, Cerro Alegre, Valparaiso
November 6 - 19:30 hrs: Providencia Cultural Foundation, Pedro de Valdivia corner Nueva Providencia, Santiago,
November 7 - 19-21 hrs: Central House Finis Terrae University, 1509 Pedro de Valdivia, Santiago
November 8 - 12 14 hrs: Lecture at Auditorium, Casa Central Universidad Finis Terrae, 1509 Pedro de Valdivia, Santiago
November 8 - 17-21 hrs: Central House Central House Finis Terrae University, 1509 Pedro de Valdivia, Santiago
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