The series “Firing Line: Conversations with Contemporary Cuban Artists”, organized by Gerardo Muñoz (Lehigh University) will begin Friday January 22, and it will feature five contemporary Cuban artists currently living in Cuba. The artists in the series include the Mujercitos Collective, Camila Ramirez Lobón, Hamlet Lavastida, Reynier Novo, and Raychel Carrión.

In the wake of the artist protest that took place this past 27^th of November in Havana much has been written about the new artistic activism and political expediency of the youngest generation of Cuban artists, who demand cultural autonomy from recent administrative decrees of the state bureaucracy. This series seeks to explore the diverse practices discourses, and imaginaries at play in the works of these young artists, who are the leading voices of the current artistic scene in the island.

The series will be open to the general public, via Zoom as well as a “live streaming” at Columna Cultural site. The series is a collaboration with Elena Molina, independent researcher in Barcelona and director of Columna Cultural. For general questions write to gem317@lehigh.edu

Conversaciones con artistas cubanos de la nueva generación, primavera de 2021

La serie de conversaciones “Línea de fuego”, organizada por Gerardo Muñoz (Lehigh University) y Elena Molina (Columna Cultural), tendrá lugar a lo largo de las próximas semanas para conversar con cinco artistas cubanos que forman parte de la más joven generación de las artes plásticas.

Artistas invitados: Colectivo Mujercitos, Camila Ramírez Lobón, Hamlet Lavastida, Reynier Novo, y Raychel Carrión.

Aunque, mucho se ha comentado sobre los nuevos modos de activismo y participación social usadas por creadores jóvenes en los últimos años, ese debate se ha intensificado a la luz reciente del 27N. Esta serie busca explorar la heterogeneidad de prácticas, discursos y estilos de cinco artistas cubanos protagonistas de su tiempo.

La serie es abierta al público y podrá seguirse en el canal de Facebook de Columna Cultural.  Para preguntas, escribir a gem317@lehigh.edu