World planning for the future, one step at the time: Sara Garzon

To begin with the artist's talk, the guest is Sara Garzon who is hosting the lecture. She specializes in modern and contemporary Latin American art and focuses specifically on issues relating to decoloniality, temporality, and indigenous ecocriticism. Garzon major in Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. At the time of the artist's talk, Garzon discussed her curatorial project, "Worldmaking Practices: a Take on the Future". 


https://coleccioncisneros.org/editorial/debate/worldmaking-practices-take-future


Illustration by Edson Ikê, 2019. Image courtesy of the artist.

On the website, we'll start with Sara Garzon's post about, "Notes for a Horizon-tality". It is a project series of a compilation of responding to multiples regard to emergencies. The topic takes into perspective Latin American contemporary art. Their goal of the project is to counter defuturing narratives that prevent or left to be of the potential of making the way of beings and extinction. Overall it is about assemblage and unity that want to support change the future and what the world should imagine being. Which holds ethics to transformed into aesthetics of the art will paint a narrative story to show.
 
In my own words and viewpoint, there is a point to talk about future. The topic itself felt like a taboo at some point of uncertainty and unpredictability of the circumstance that the world has to offer. The strength in number as a whole can change the history around to remind as a lesson to know there many unspoken tradition and culture that is buried in rubbles that need to piece to together.


Left: Alan Poma, Victory Over the Sun revolves around the final moments of the Solar System's existence. Image by Janeth Lozano
Right: Kazimir Malevich, Set design for Victory Over the Sun, 1913. D. Andrea Jeanne (1990), Kazimir Malevich 1878–1935 © The St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music

The next post will be on Alan Poma's "ANDEAN FUTURISM". Poma discussed in his word, "Art will be the beginning of a revolution of time." which implied of art is used in experiments as a vehicle for time and space. Part of his work dwells in historical documentation of demonstrating an extraordinary level of astronomical knowledge that has achieved. An example is utilized for predicting droughts and floods. Predicting the future is based on the knowledge and deep understanding of the cosmos.  

I initially thought of the uses of astronomy in some way connected to time travelers how they traverse into space and time intertwined to spread the message or change what should happen for better or worse outcomes. I understand there's some belief in believing in the universe and a thread of knowledge in the cosmos to predict the outcome and sense of leading to creation and power. However, it does seem to be difficult to say presenting something that is true yet hard to come by to understanding.in




The last post of the Worldmaking Practices is Kiyo Gutiérrez's "THE WORLD, A BROKEN JUG". What does the meaning of the wording, remain afloat? It derived from the invocation of imaginaries that could allow us different ways of living in the world. Gutierrez's work focus on investigating the notion of adaptability and resilience in the face of climate change. The changes the society is undergoing of the environmental pollution and history forgotten of many who are still out there spreading their lost tales and yearns for recognition.

I didn't think the term afloat would tie into the piece that relates in some way of human interactional and refer to current violence that really changes the meaning of humanity is judge and viewed. Climate change of the focus to the work is common but not saying it's the same goal of restoring the world to be great and healthy of reducing and come to understanding. The history that arose from untold culture is the impact of said climate change that is often ignored by society and humanity. With the condition of living in the world with imagination limited and tries to be unique from the rest is relatable to how much the world is portrayed as and sometime blend with the crowd.

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