“Humanity is facing an unprecedented crisis of which climate change, the destruction of species, and the intensification of social inequality…
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NUEVATOPIAS – NOWHERE BETTER THAN THIS PLACE
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
2016
Artist Carolina Caycedo worked with communities in southern Huila affected by the planned construction of the Chillurco and Oporapa dams…
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CUERPOS DE AGUA (BODIES OF WATER)
2016
These short stories by two young men from Nuquí, Chocó, explore the dynamics of consumption and the meaning of life…
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Klidier Josué González
Osneyder Valoy
THE POSSIBILITY OF A LANDSCAPE / HOW CAN YOU DEAL WITH NEGLECT?
2014
Angolan musician and composer Victor Gama joined Colombian musicians and composers Pedro Ojeda and Urián Sarmiento on a journey in 2013….
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Pedro Ojeda
Urián Sarmiento
Víctor Gama
HOUSES IN THE DESERT / SOUNDS LIKE MOUNTAIN, SOUNDS LIKE JUNGLE
2013
In 2014 Miguel Angel Rojas stayed at the Chocó Base. Whilst there, he thought of a new work about the…
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BEAUTIFUL PORT BY THE SEA
2013
Julio Fierro is a geologist and professor at Colombia’s National University. After visiting the Chocó Base he participated in Más…
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Ana Patricia Palacios
Julio Fierro
THERE IS ALSO MINING IN PARADISE
2013
In 2013 Más Arte Más Debate focused on food sovereignty, rural development, areas of rural reserve and seeds. We invited…
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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…
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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…
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Catalina Toro
Oscar Roldán
GROWTH OR DE-GROWTH, THAT IS THE QUESTION…
Art
Art market
Climate change
Environment
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…
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OCORÓ-CATRERA / QUEEN OF ENÍN
2013
Nathalie Vélez left Spain to live in a remote place in the Chocó rainforest where she built her own house and…
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24 YEARS AGO I ARRIVED TO THIS PLACE
2013
During 2012 MaMa worked with people from Coquí, near the Chocó Base, to create a communal vegetable and herb garden….
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SOW / GASTRONOMY FESTIVAL
2012
In 2013, curator José Roca traveled to the Chocó Base to learn about MaMa’s processes and to experience how it…
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RESIDENCIA, EXPERIENCIA, SITIO
2012
Thai artist Rirkrirt Tiravanija visited Chocó Base to explore utopia. Rirkrirt also participated in the First Gastronomic Festival of Coquí,…
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PARADISE LOST, PARADOX FOUND
2012
For his exhibition El País de los Demás (The Country of Others) at the Galería Arte NC in Bogotá, Fernando Arias…
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Fernando Arias
María Belén Sáez de Ibarra
2012
During his time at the Chocó Base, cultural analyst Max Bruinsma considered the concept of utopia and the role of design…
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REFLECTIONS ON UTOPIA AND NOW
Nuevatopias
Uncategorized @en
Utopy
2012