Categories for Utopy

Paco Gómez on his experience at the Chocó Base …”In addition to the beautiful landscape and calm space, we felt… View Article
Paco Gomez Nadál
Space to reflect
Art
Choco
Culture
Uncategorized @en
Utopy
2016
“Humanity is facing an unprecedented crisis of which climate change, the destruction of species, and the intensification of social inequality… View Article
NUEVATOPIAS – NOWHERE BETTER THAN THIS PLACE
Utopy
2016
Sebastián Meschenmoser visited our Chocó Base after spending a few days in Bogotá where he led drawing workshops with young… View Article
Sebastian Meschenmoser
UTOPÍAS EN LA SELVA
Art
Dibujo e Ilustración
Environment
Sustainability
Uncategorized @en
Utopy
2016
To mark the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s book Utopia we invited anthropologist Margarita Serje, sociologist Jane Hindley and literary… View Article
Erna Von der Walde
Jane Hindley
Margarita Serje
IMAGINING NEW UTOPIAS
Climate change
Environment
Utopy
2016
For the fourth version of MaMa’s Global Soundscape we invited artists to create a one-minute audio that relates to utopia…. View Article
GLOBAL UTOPIA SOUNDSCAPE
Politics
Sound art
Utopy
2016
As a way of marking 500 years of Utopia, MaMa produced a highly visible intervention in the centre of Bogotá…. View Article
Centro Memoria
RE:BANDERA [flag]
Art
Culture
Politics
Uncategorized @en
Utopy
2016
To mark the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s book Utopia we invited anthropologist Margarita Serje, sociologist Jane Hindley and the… View Article
Erna Von der Walde
Jane Hindley
Margarita Serje
ON MORE’S UTOPIA
Colonialism
Utopy
2016
In 2015 the artist Fernando Arias made a journey by water and air along the Atrato River in Chocó.  The journey… View Article
Fernando Arias
Robert Lippok
ATRATO
Choco
Culture
Environment
Nuevatopias
Politics
Sound art
Utopy
2016
BREVES are short stories about inspirational local people – and make us question our relationship with the environment.  Sina Ribak… View Article
Guillaume Parent
Sina Ribak
BREVES
Choco
Culture
Heritage
Nuevatopias
Utopy
Video
2016
Choreographer Lia Rodriguez and her partner Sammi Landweer visited the Chocó Base in 2015. Lia’s deep sense of connection with… View Article
Lia Rodriguez
Sammi Landweer
Episodios del sur
Dance
Nuevatopias
Utopy
Video
2016
MaMa invited singer-songwriter Edson Velandia and writer Miguel Tejada to collaborate in the creative process for Minga: Exploring Utopia.
Edson Velandia
Miguel Tejada
APUTOI
Minga
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2016
Artist Carolina Caycedo worked with communities in southern Huila affected by the planned construction of the Chillurco and Oporapa dams… View Article
Carolina Caycedo
CUERPOS DE AGUA (BODIES OF WATER)
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2016
In 1965 two undergraduate students from Cambridge University set out on an expedition to the remote Colombian region of Chocó… View Article
Alba Colomo
Nathaniel Mann
BACK TO CHOCO
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2016
These short stories by two young men from Nuquí, Chocó, explore the dynamics of consumption and the meaning of life… View Article
Klidier Josué González
Osneyder Valoy
THE POSSIBILITY OF A LANDSCAPE / HOW CAN YOU DEAL WITH NEGLECT?
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2014
In 2014, Fernando Arias and Jonathan Colin traveled down the Amazon from Leticia to Belen. Their journey came about following… View Article
Fernando Arias
Jonathan Colin
CHANTS OF A JOURNEY
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2014
The Prince Claus Fund commissioned Fernando Arias to make a short film about Abel Rodriguez, the principal Prince Claus Laureate… View Article
ABEL
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2014
MINGA is a platform to explore “utopia” with 21 partners from the Arts Collaboratory network. It was launched at the… View Article
Arts Collaboratory
MINGA: EXPLORING UTOPIA
Minga
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2014
Angolan musician and composer Victor Gama joined Colombian musicians and composers Pedro Ojeda and Urián Sarmiento on a journey in 2013…. View Article
Pedro Ojeda
Urián Sarmiento
Víctor Gama
HOUSES IN THE DESERT / SOUNDS LIKE MOUNTAIN, SOUNDS LIKE JUNGLE
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2013
Artists Maria Fernanda Cardoso and her partner Ross Harley visited the Chocó Base in 2013-14 to reflect on the theme… View Article
María Fernanda Cardoso
Ross Harley
WATER IS…
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2013
In 2014 Miguel Angel Rojas stayed at the Chocó Base. Whilst there, he thought of a new work about the… View Article
Miguel Ángel Rojas
BEAUTIFUL PORT BY THE SEA
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2013
Doual’art is a contemporary art centre in Douala, Cameroon, that organises a triennial festival of public art. SUD 2013 questioned… View Article
Dual’Art
Dual’Art
Juan Fernando Herrán
NOTHING TO THROW AWAY
Nuevatopias
Uncategorized @en
Utopy
2013
Julio Fierro is a geologist and professor at Colombia’s National University. After visiting the Chocó Base he participated in Más… View Article
Ana Patricia Palacios
Julio Fierro
THERE IS ALSO MINING IN PARADISE
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2013
In 2013 Más Arte Más Debate focused on food sovereignty, rural development, areas of rural reserve and seeds. We invited… View Article
DEBATE: FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AREAS OF RURAL RESERVE AND SEEDS
Agriculture
Nuevatopias
Politics
Sustainability
Utopy
2013
Mining economist Juan Benavides and Geologist Julio Fierro participated in a debate on mining in Colombia, moderated by Erna Von… View Article
DEBATE: MINING IN COLOMBIA
Environment
Mining
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2013
Artist/curator Oscar Roldán and artist Catalina Toro visited the Chocó Base in 2014. Roldán spent his time considering the irrational… View Article
Catalina Toro
Oscar Roldán
GROWTH OR DE-GROWTH, THAT IS THE QUESTION…
Art
Art market
Climate change
Environment
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2013
Charlotte Streck is the director of Climate Focus, an organisation that develops policies and advocates for the reduction of greenhouse… View Article
Charlotte Streck
Sinfonía Trópico
WASHED UP ON THE BEACH
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2013
Colombian artist Elkin Calderón was proposed by MaMa to participate in the an international workshop KM0 Abubuya with our partner Kiosko in… View Article
Elkin Calderón
OCORÓ-CATRERA / QUEEN OF ENÍN
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2013
Abel Rodriguez is an indigenous ethnobotanist with considerable knowledge of the Amazon rainforest. In 2014 he was awarded the Principal Laureate… View Article
Abel Rodríguez
Catalina Vargas
WATER FLOWS, WORDS HEAL
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2013
In 2013, Colombian rapper Binghy led music and lyric workshops with youngsters from the village of Arusí, near the Chocó Base…. View Article
Binghy
Hilos de Ananse
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2013
Nathalie Vélez left Spain to live in a remote place in the Chocó rainforest where she built her own house and… View Article
Nathalie Vélez
24 YEARS AGO I ARRIVED TO THIS PLACE
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2013
The Global Water Soundscape consists of one-minute audios created by artists from around the world. Following an open call for… View Article
GLOBAL WATER SOUNDSCAPE
Art
Climate change
Environment
Music
Nuevatopias
Radio
Sound art
Sustainability
Utopy
Water
2013
During 2012 MaMa worked with people from Coquí, near the Chocó Base, to create a communal vegetable and herb garden…. View Article
SOW / GASTRONOMY FESTIVAL
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2012
In 2013, curator José Roca traveled to the Chocó Base to learn about MaMa’s processes and to experience how it… View Article
José Roca
RESIDENCIA, EXPERIENCIA, SITIO
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2012
Thai artist Rirkrirt Tiravanija visited Chocó Base to explore utopia. Rirkrirt also participated in the First Gastronomic Festival of Coquí,… View Article
Rirkrit Tiravanija
PARADISE LOST, PARADOX FOUND
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2012
Justin McGuirk is a writer and curator based in London. He is the chief curator at the Design Museum and… View Article
Justin McGuirk
NOWHERE AT LAST
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2012
Senegalese artist Kan-Si is committed to the decentralisation of culture in Senegal through the creation of cultural points outside Dakar…. View Article
Kan–Si
MONEY DOES NOT EAT
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2012
Antoinette Aurell began her career as a fashion photographer, rapidly emerging as a significant force to collaborate with major international… View Article
Antoinette Aurell
ELOPING WITH THE TAITA
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2012
El escritor, periodista y sociólogo, Alfredo Molano fue invitado a la Base Chocó dada su trayectoria de recorridos por el… View Article
Alfredo Molano
Nuquí, de paso
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2012
For his exhibition El País de los Demás (The Country of Others) at the Galería Arte NC in Bogotá, Fernando Arias… View Article
Fernando Arias
María Belén Sáez de Ibarra
Colombia/Columbia
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2012
During his time at the Chocó Base, cultural analyst Max Bruinsma considered the concept of utopia and the role of design… View Article
Max Bruinsma
REFLECTIONS ON UTOPIA AND NOW
Nuevatopias
Uncategorized @en
Utopy
2012
Louise Hopkins es un artista radicada en Glasgow, Escocia. Al intervenir en dos mapas creó lugares paradójicos que no habían existido… View Article
Louise Hopkins
Louise Hopkins
Mapas
Nuevatopias
Uncategorized @en
Utopy
2012
Libia Posada continued her extensive research exploring the relationship between body, geography and territory at the Chocó Base and with… View Article
Libia Posada
HERBS OF SALT AND SOIL
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2012
La Base Chocó fue diseñada por Joep Van Lieshout como espacio de reflexión para los artistas invitados a reflexionar sobre temas sociales y… View Article
Joep van Lieshout
Base Chocó
Art
Choco
Nuevatopias
Sustainability
Uncategorized @en
Utopy
2011
MaMa proposed Nemencio Berrio to attend a workshop on African Diaspora at the École des Sables in Senegal. He then visited… View Article
Nemecio Berrío
FROM THE INSIDE
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2011
Brazilian anthropologist and artist Marie Ange Bordas worked with young people in Termales near the Chocó Base to explore ideas… View Article
Marie Ange Bordas
DIARY ON BOARD
Nuevatopias
Sin categoría
Utopy
2011
Marta Rodríguez is one of the most important Colombian documentary makers, unmasking the difficulties experienced by indigenous and Afro-descendant people…. View Article
Marta Rodríguez
BACK TO THE PACIFIC
Nuevatopias
Utopy
2011