We are quite well settled in the twenty-first century. We have substituted almost entirely the former analog technology with its digital successor in this new era based on binary codes and pixels. We find a phenomenon, however, that continues to be present nowadays, in spite of the socio-cultural transformations that have taken place in the last years. This phenomenon is foreign-artist emigration.
Why are artists and other art professionals still choosing NY as one of their main destinations? In contrast with reasons for emigrating in the past- political, economic, etc. - nowadays, the causes of this migratory movement are much more diffuse and imprecise.
What is the role of Spanish culture in NY nowadays? Where is it going? How is this situation affecting the creation and administration fields in the present, and what repercussions will it have in the future?
This online project includes professional opinions on these issues and open the way to others, focusing on the current situation and finding sustainable solutions.
Interviews:
Round Trip NY #9. Paco Cano
Round Trip NY #10. Laura Turégano
Round Trip NY #11. Gema Alava
Round Trip NY #12. Jodie Dinapoli
To participate in the project or more information: info@roundtripny.com
Creating and executive management: Eva Mendoza Chandas
Hay Ropa Tendida, 2006. King Juan Carlos I Center, New York University
- Gema Alava artist considers that if Spanish institutions want to truly support Spanish artists, they must begin to contact them, communicate with them or even pay them a visit at their studio.
Link to full interview:
http://www.roundtripny.com/2011/04/round-trip-ny-11-gema-alava.html
Photo installation by Ryan Brennan and Mar Gómez Glez during the assembly of Eléctrica exhibition. Instituto Cervantes. New York.
- Jodie Dinapoli is currently working for No Longer Empty (NLE) www.nolongerempty.org, where she is part of a team of curators and directs the scheduling for events that accompany exhibitions.
Link to full interview:
http://www.roundtripny.com/2011/04/round-trip-ny-12-jodie-dinapoli.html
Exhibition catalog N.Y. 1.0 Motion curated by Paco Cano at the Instituto Cervantes of New York.
- Paco Cano works as a curator and cultural manager. For N.Y. Motion 1.0 Paco Cano blended some ideas: “Motion –so as to study mobility within the world of art; Promotion –since the main aim was to promote a group of Spanish artists from a given generation; and Emotion –because the work of each artist was examined in light of its contact with American culture and art”.
Link to full interview:
http://www.roundtripny.com/2011/01/round-trip-ny-9-paco-cano.html
Detail of the façade of King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center. Washington Square. New York.
- Laura Turégano finds that one of the major difficulties in the promotion and cultural exchange resides in the difficulty to gain visibility in the massiveness of New York City, “the amount of time and effort necessary for a project to be visible in this town is massive.”
Link to full interview:
http://www.roundtripny.com/2011/04/round-trip-ny-10-laura-turegano.html
