7 artistic and cultural recommendations for this week
Edita Gallery. On Saturday 6 and Sunday 7, the 9th edition of EDITA will take place in La Plata (in front of the Emilio Petorotti Regional Museum, 51st Street between 5 and 6), with free admission; There will be over 150 independent publishers, talks, workshops, readings, live music and a children’s space. On Saturday, it is open from 12 to 9 pm. And on Sunday from 3 to 9 p.m. Among the main activities are “Our Touch Poem”, “Dazzle” and more literary meetings, in addition to a children’s course. Among the main guests will be Sergio Bizio and Esther Kroes.
Concert at Arthouse. On December 6 and 7, at Bartolomé Miter 434, the Arthaus group closes the year with Life finds its wayan immersive concert combining the dreamlike live music of English composer Bryn Harrison with a five-screen video installation specially created by Charlie Nijinson, an Argentine visual artist based in Germany. The performances, led by Pablo Drucker and seven musicians on stage, will take place on Saturday the 6th of this month at 5:30 pm. and 8 p.m., and on Sunday 7 at 6:30 p.m.; Tickets are available through Alternativa Teatral.
Samples. Herlitzka & Co. Gallery opens two simultaneous exhibitions: Water eyethe first single by Argentine artist Hernan Salamanco, and Pensby Peruvian Mariano León, in Room E. Both proposals explore memory and the symbolic charge of unconventional materials, and reinforce the exhibition’s focus on contemporary Latin American art and intergenerational dialogue. It can be visited at Libertad 1630, Monday to Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Saturdays by appointment.
conversation. The lecture will be held at the Libertad Palace Antonio Buggia: Sculpture in a Poetic KeyWritten by Analia Romero and Nicolas Bosché, students of the sculptor. The meeting will focus on the caustic paint technique – which originated in ancient Egypt and relies on the use of beeswax as a dye binder – while presenting its principles and applications in sculpture and painting and its validity in contemporary art. The activity is free and does not require advance admission and can be accessed on a first-come, first-served basis until space is filled.
rehearsal. At the Modern Museum, Maricel Alvarez presents Me and this mystery, here we are (My little ward of myself)It is a performance essay in which she dialogues on stage with four puppets created in her image, each of which is linked to the characters she plays. Wonderful pain, Hecuba or canine gynoecium, Orlando. Chronic disorder and Medea contemplative. The piece revisits those experiences through texts by Whitman, Sophie Calle, García Wehbe, Ibarlucia, and Cuignard. The shows will be on Friday, December 5 at 5 and 7 p.m., and on Saturday, December 6 at the same times. Tickets are purchased here.
Japan in Argentina. The Embassy of Japan in Argentina concludes the “Japan in its Writing” course with a visit to Professor Ryoho Hamano, one of the most prominent figures in Japanese calligraphy. In Buenos Aires, it will offer a free workshop, live performance, guided tour and special activities in collaboration with the Library of Congress. All suggestions are free, more information here.
Art and nature. On Saturday, December 6 at 6 p.m., MuseoCampo Cañuelas (Route 6 – Kilometer 95) presents A complicated hopean installation of work that culminates a collective process and serves as a tribute to Luis Felipe Noe. The project, promoted by the Luis Felipe Noe Foundation and the Tres Pinos Foundation, brings together professionals from different disciplines and is centered around the idea that “one knows how things begin, but not how they end.” Tickets here.
