{"id":1285,"date":"2015-10-15T22:01:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T22:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2015-10-15T22:01:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T22:01:22","slug":"states-of-exception-contemporary-art-and-politics-in-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/uncategorized\/states-of-exception-contemporary-art-and-politics-in-guatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"States of Exception: Contemporary Art and Politics in Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"article__title  article__title--single\"><strong>Leslie Martinez<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In 2012, Ciudad de la Imaginaci\u00f3n, a contemporary art space in Quetzaltenango, took on the challenge to conduct a multifaceted artistic research project that sought to map different Guatemalan realities through art. The project\u2019s focus was to mainly work with artists who lived and that developed their art in places located outside of the capital city; in order to map out Guate-mala\u2019s similarities and differences, the project needed to reflect the regional and ethnic variety that the country has to offer. The selected artists come from urban and rural spaces, an array of artistic disciplines, indigenous and mestizo cultures.<\/p>\n<p>The project\u2019s name is also a reference to the readings and reflections that were conducted with the artists, curators, academics and staf f. Estados de Excepci\u00f3n or States of Exception alludes to the idea of the instability of countries like Guatemala where \u201cstates of siege\u201d or \u201cstates of emergency\u201d are no longer exceptional circumstances, but they happen so often that they be-come the norm. The name also invites us to reflect on the ideas related to the State and the micro-states surrounding it: state of mind, state of being.<\/p>\n<p>In a country where the majority of the population lives in a rural area, the larger part of artistic production happens mainly in the capital city. States of Exception attempts to produce work and knowledge outside of this dominant matrix. This includes spaces like San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango where Fernando Poy\u00f3n and Edgar Calel live and work.They both self-identify as indigenous people. The goal of featuring them within the project is not to create an exotic view of them as \u201cindigenous artists\u201d, but instead it is to explore the concerns and realities that they are a part of. Reyes Josu\u00e9 Morales is another featured artist, whose work is tied to his community in Totonicap\u00e1n, their comunal spaces, their resistance and his experience as an activist.<\/p>\n<p>Central America, and Guatemala specifi\u00adcally, has had a long history of war and genocide, linked to different forms of violence, social disruption, territorial struggles, and repressive governments. The idea of States of Exception was not to have each artist reflect the concerns of an entire country, but instead to have them generate concerns from their micro-spaces. These specific concerns can be seen in Reyes\u2019 work and even in the contrasting work created by Nora P\u00e9rez, a young female \u201ccapitalina\u201d whose work invites the public to reflect on the contradictions of the\u00a0<em>mestizo\u00a0<\/em>population in the metropolitan city.<\/p>\n<p>Ciudad de la Imaginaci\u00f3n\u2019s mission is to promote research, dialogue and critical thinking through contemporary art and States of Exception does this through the different phases of the project: research and artistic production, a traveling exhibition, a documentary and a print publication. This educa\u00adtional focus is what differentiates Ciudad de la Imaginaci\u00f3n, which attempts to construct new forms of citizenry that appreciates and understands the political and cultural differences in a country like Guatemala. In this sense, Ciudad de la Imaginaci\u00f3n intersects art, politics and other social concerns going beyond a pamphleteer discourse reduced by the traditional idea of The Left and The Right, posing a more complex way of understanding the reality of the country, and with the intent to provoke new ideas and conversations.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information visit:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>www.ciudadimaginacion.org and www.estadosdeexcepcion.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leslie Martinez In 2012, Ciudad de la Imaginaci\u00f3n, a contemporary art space in Quetzaltenango, took on the challenge to conduct a multifaceted artistic research project that sought to map different Guatemalan realities through art. 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