SPAH SEMINAR SERIES. UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX.
23 FEB 2023
THE STRANGEST FRUITs: rituales, exorcismos y ecologías para una reparación colectiva – Por gabriel alonso (institute for postnatural studies)
1 DIC 2022
El rey amarillo se viste de pecas café – Exhibition at the Museo regional omar salazar obando (universidad de costa rica)
8 NOV – 8 DIC, 2022
Bananas are my business – A lecture by blanca serrano and juanita solano in conjuction with savage gardens: an ecocritical journey through latin america with felipe martínez pinzón and leila lehnen
22 NOV 2022
El Rey amarillo se viste de pecas cafés – Charla en la universidad de costa rica, sede del atlántico
1 NOV 2022
Banana Craze & cultivate / Exhibition at the center of visual art at the metropolitan state university of denver
26 AUG – 22 OCT, 2022
Banana Craze
Banana Craze unites nine contemporary artists whose work examines the banana production of Caribbean and Latin American countries. As the fourth most important food crop in the world, the banana dominates food production in Latin America where they are grown on large mono-crop plantations mostly run by three multi-national corporations. These works range from investigations of human-rights violations, recordings of lost biodiversity, and highlights of the effects of pesticides on health and environment, to a satirical reenactment of the origins of the banana monoculture. The works in this exhibition bear evidence in a stinging indictment against those who have acted in the interest of profit over humanity, resulting in profound inequities between producers and consumers.
The artists in Banana Craze reflect on the dramatic footprint that the banana industry has left in both the natural and social ecosystems of banana producing nations since the beginning of the 20th Century until today. Exhibiting artists include María José Argenzio, Julián Chams, Claudia Claremi, Milko Delgado, Óscar Figueroa Chávez, Leonardo González, Rachelle Mozman Solano, Daniela Serruya Kohn, and the research agency Forensic Architecture in collaboration with The Truth Commission. Banana Craze is curated by Dr. Juanita Solano and Dr. Blanca Serrano.
Installation shots taken by Anthony Camera.
culturas de la movilidad: universidad complutense (madrid, españa)
2-3 JUNE 2022
Banana FILMS II: THE WHITE MYTH by gabriel serra,when banana ruled by mathilde damosel and amarillo by Ana pérez lópez
MAY 23-29, 2022
festival cayeye – universidad del norte (barranquilla, colombia)
3-5 MAY 2022
BANANA CRIMES AND CONSUMPTION:
A VISUAL HISTORY OF THE U.S. BANANA
27 APRIL 2022
Banana films i: Bananas!* BY Fredrik Gertten, big boys gone bananas BY Fredrik Gertten, andYou think that the earth is a dead thing BY lorence lazar
MARCH 28 – APRIL 3, 2022
SOBRA Y OBRA: ONLINE WORKSHOP WITH DANIELA SERRUYA KOHN
24 FEB 2022
online screening of cayeye 28 by armando bolaño in commemoration of the bananeras massacre
2-5 DIC 2021
ON BANANA REPUBLICS: A LECTURE BY JUANITA SOLANO AND BLANCA SERRANO IN CONJUNCTION WITH WRIT 354 PLUNDERING THE AMERICAS: ON VIOLENCE AGAINST LAND AND BODIES WITH VALERIA LUISELLI
8 NOV 2021
La fiebre del banano
Violencias
14 OCT 2021
Banana Craze: Tracing Banana’s Imagery in Latin American Art
23 SEP 2021
