SILVERIO PERFORMS AT CALI'S PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL

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PHIL COLINS PREMIERS IN CALI, COLOMBIA 'THE WORLD WON'T LISTEN' THE SMITHS KARAOKE FILMED IN BOGOTA AT ESPACIO LA REBECA IN 2004

The World Won’t Listen is a karaoke project produced for Smiths fans in Colombia. Whilst karaoke has a fundamentally democratic function, its musical content is conventionally the deplorable, lack-lustre chirp of the mainstream. For ‘The World Won’t Listen’ we have re-recorded the eponymous compilation in its entirety, note for note, in an insane attempt to construct a platform to give voice to the otherwise largely ignored.

As the song says “Now Is Your Chance To Shine.”

(from the original November 2004 La Rebeca press release)

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Collins’ practice often elicits a convocation of individuals, and is process-, or better still, event-oriented. el mundo no escuchará is a karaoke project produced in 2004 for fans of The Smiths in Bogotá, Colombia. While karaoke is perceived to have a fundamentally democratic function—offering an opportunity to briefly take the place of your idol—its musical content is conventionally the deplorable, lack-luster chirp of the mainstream. Collins chose to work with The Smiths partly because of the artist’s own generational and geographical proximity to the band—but more importantly because, despite all of the localisms that tie The Smiths to a particular place and a specific historical moment, they have managed to gain a widely international fan base that defies so many of the ways we have come to think about identity politics and cannot be simply dismissed as another incidence of the homogenizing effects of a bland, global pop culture.

Over the course of two and a half months Collins worked with local musicians in Bogotá to re-record, note for note, the 1986 compilation “The World Won’t Listen” in its entirety, while at the same time launching a citywide campaign carried out in bars, universities, music venues and on the radio, soliciting “the shy, the dissatisfied, narcissists, and anyone who’s ever wished they could be someone else for a night” to be filmed singing their favorite Smiths songs and to be treated like a star. Over 60 fans turned out and the three-day filming was concluded with a live music and karaoke event that drew hundreds of people only to be abruptly interrupted (but not halted altogether) by the explosion of one of Bogotá’s main electrical towers that left the city in darkness for over twelve hours.

Two later versions were produced in Istanbul and Indonesia.

LA CENTRAL (BEATRIZ AND KATY) AND PABLO DE LA BARRA THROW A PARTY AT HOTEL ARISTI TO CELEBRATE THE 7th FESTIVAL DE PERFORMANCE DE CALI

Adriana Arenas

Beatriz Lopez and Helmut Batista

Humberto Junca and Wilson Diaz

Mario Garcia Torres and Erick Beltran

Phil Collins

Michele Faguet

Beatriz Lopez 'B-Lo'

Silverio





Katy Hernandez

CALI POWER! DRINKING AGUARDIENTE AT BAR MUSICA

Mr. J. Hoffman, Beatriz Lopez, Katy Hernandez, Silverio

7TH CALI PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL

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El colectivo independiente Helena, conformado por Ana María Millán, Claudia Patricia Sarria, Wilson Díaz, Juan David Medina, Leonardo Herrera y Andrés Sandoval realiza el 7 Festival de Performance de Cali, Colombia entre el 18 y el 22 de noviembre de 2008.

Se convoca a artistas visuales, actores, bailarines, músicos, colectivos interdisciplinarios, proyectos comunitarios, activistas y diversos actores culturales, interesados en el arte contemporáneo en performance, acciones, hapennings, arte público, intervenciones, situaciones, inserciones y medios relacionados, a proponer un proyecto para ser presentado en la ciudad de Cali, en un espacio público o en una sala de exhibición o para formar parte de la jornada de performance.

Para esta versión Helena está interesada en el tema de las fronteras, pero como es usual en el Festival la temática será libre. Contaremos con invitados de países vecinos, así como con la participación de invitados de otros países.

El Festival tendrá un ciclo de conferencias sobre varios temas pertinentes a la investigación sobre las artes vivas que ha estado desarrollando desde hace diez años este colectivo. El Festival contará con la presencia de tres curadoras - productoras, cada una de ellas desarrollando una propuesta para el 7 Festival. Así mismo como es usual varios talleres estarán abiertos a la comunidad.

Como es política de Helena cada actividad desarrollada en el Festival será de acceso gratuito.

EL 7 festival cuenta con la participación de artistas, directores de talleres internacionales, curadores, productores, teóricos, talleristas, activistas, tanto nacionales como extranjeros.

Envío de propuestas
Las propuestas serán dirigidas a nombre de Helena Producciones a la Calle 2C # 68-30 Barrio Caldas, Cali, Valle. Tel: 314 7553735 – 314 7552534; o al correo electrónico helenaproducciones@yahoo.com

Cada proyecto debe contener: texto descriptivo del proyecto de máximo 2 cuartillas, texto conceptual sobre el proyecto de máximo 2 cuartillas, material que ilustre el proyecto como imágenes, videos, dibujos, audio , hoja de vida del proponente. En lo posible mandar todo en formato digital.

La recepción de proyectos finalizará el día 22 de Agosto de 2008.
El jurado de selección estará conformado por los miembros de Helena. La lista de seleccionados será publicada el día 5 de septiembre en esta misma pagina. Los artistas seleccionados recibirán un pequeño monto de dinero.
http://www.helenaproducciones.org/

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Helena, an independent collective formed by Ana Maria Millán, Claudia Patricia Sarria, Wilson Diaz, Juan David Medina, Leonardo Herrera and Andres Sandoval organizes the 7th Performance Festival in Cali, Colombia between November 18 and 22, 2008.

This is a call for visual artists, actors, dancers, musicians, interdisciplinary collectives, community projects, cultural activists and those interested in contemporary art to propose performance, actions, hapennings, public art, interventions, situations, insertions and media related projects to be presented in the city of Cali, in a public space or in an exhibition hall or to be part of the day's performances.

For this version Helena is interested in the issues of frontiers and borders, but as it's usual in the festival the theme will be free. We will have guests from neighbouring countries and the participation of guests from other countries.

The Festival will have a series of lectures on various topics relevant to the research on the arts that Helena has been developing for last ten years. The Festival will also feature the presence of three curators - each producing and developing a proposal for the 7 Festival. Also, several workshops will be open to the community.

As it is the policy of Helena each activity conducted at the Festival will be freely accessible.

The 7th festival will count with the participation of artists, directors of international workshops, curators, producers, theorists, workshops, activists, both local and foreign.

Submitting proposals:
The proposals need to be sent to: Helena Producciones, Calle 2C # 68-30 Barrio Caldas, Cali, Valle. Tel: 314 7553735 – 314 7552534 or by e-mail to: helenaproducciones@yahoo.com
Each project must contain: a descriptive text of maximum 2 pages, conceptual text on the proposal of maximum 2 pages, materials illustrating the project as pictures, videos, drawings, audio, artist CV. Whenever possible send everything in digital format. Projects will be received until August 22, 2008. The selection panel will comprise members from Helena. The list of selected projects will be issued on September 5 in this same page. The selected artists will receive a small amount of money.

http://www.helenaproducciones.org/