{"id":93,"date":"2023-10-29T08:17:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T08:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mendezpablo.net\/wp\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2026-03-14T07:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T07:46:29","slug":"lectures-and-dialogues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mendezpablo.net\/wp\/?page_id=93","title":{"rendered":"Lectures and Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignfull is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ciclo de charlas: Doctorado en Artes y Tecnoest\u00e9tica (Pablo Mendez)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yI3Cd12gNS4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lecture as part of the Phd in Art and Technoaesthetics at the Universidad Nacional Tres de Febrero. Invited by Ana Laura Cantera. 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignfull is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Simbiolog\u00eda | Conversaciones indisciplinadas | Vinciane Despret y Pablo M\u00e9ndez\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BqIWJ12sGcs?start=101&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conversation with the Belgian philosopher Vinciane Despret, about her book &#8220;A la salud de los muertos&#8221; and other epistemological practices with companion species. This event took place within the framework of &#8220;Simbiolog\u00eda, Pr\u00e1cticas art\u00edsticas en un planeta en emergencia,&#8221; where I served as the Curator of the public programs, 2021. (French subtitled in spanish)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignfull is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Conferencia Pablo Me\u0301ndez 03-11-2021\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/857589612?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lecture within the context of the &#8220;Recomienzo Continuo&#8221; exhibit at the Genaro Perez Museum, City of C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina, in 2021. Presentation on &#8220;From the Gaze upon the Landscape to the Specific Sensibilities of the Environment We Inhabit.&#8221; Invited by Luis Garc\u00eda (Presentation in Spanish).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>campo &#8211; compartir un taller abierto.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2021, in collaboration with artists Alfredo Coloma (Cuba-Bolivia) and Candela Sotos (Spain), and in partnership with the Cultural Center of Spain in La Paz, Bolivia, we initiated a space for the development of critical thinking and an exploration of what we understand as art in regions like Bolivia. Here, the remnants of the modern project, with all its institutions, had shaped the trajectory of art, remaining encapsulated within a fictitious bubble of modernity, entangled with traditions and misguided hopes of preserving indigenous art as it should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/mendezpablo.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-01-18-162630-1024x1020.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mendezpablo.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-01-18-162630-1024x1020.png 1024w, https:\/\/mendezpablo.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-01-18-162630-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mendezpablo.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-01-18-162630-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mendezpablo.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-01-18-162630-768x765.png 768w, https:\/\/mendezpablo.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-01-18-162630.png 1378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This space, which we referred to as a &#8220;campo&#8221; was maintained throughout the entire academic year of 2021. It aimed to foster a collective of artists who could, in a horizontal manner, formulate critical questions and broaden their artistic practices. This, in turn, was meant to enhance their understanding of how the concept of &#8220;Art&#8221; translates from the international scene to a provincial context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In conjunction with the group of artists with whom we convened weekly for three-hour sessions, over 5 month we engaged with various prominent figures to explore why &#8220;contemporary art&#8221; as understood elsewhere in the world, had not made its way into the Bolivian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Campo recibe a Narda Alvarados\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t4ofE8-WFg4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;campo&#8221; welcomed Narda Alvarado (Bolivia), a contemporary artist, educator, and teacher based in La Paz. The session involved a reflective exercise or open class, delving into the relationships between the artist, the artwork, the craftsman, craftsmanship, the object, the spectator, the institution, and, broadly speaking, what the concept of art entails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Campo recibe a Ana Longoni\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DUHzs4fbbp4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;campo&#8221; hosted Ana Longoni (Argentina). As one of the pioneers in South American theoretical analysis, linking regional theorists within the network of Southern conceptualisms, she assisted us in attempting to understand why and how political and social movements led to creative practices that were later more clearly understood by local artists. Were the dictatorships the ones that hindered this syncretism?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Campo Recibe a pedro portugal\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r97uf2hJ-pI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;campo&#8221; welcomed Pedro Portugal (Bolivia). As a historian and sociologist who introduced the term &#8220;Indianism&#8221; and a political leader, Pedro Portugal shared his insights regarding the traditionalist representations of &#8220;paisana&#8221; or indigenous life in Bolivian art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"campo - compartir un taller abierto. Recibe a Mujeres Creando, Centro Cultural de Espa\u00f1a de la Paz\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ROQBKcpCuG4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;campo&#8221; received Mujeres Creando (Bolivia). This feminist collective, functioning as an artist-run space, shelter for women who are victims of domestic violence, legal assistance provider, and offering services such as childcare, among many others, carries out a multitude of activities to sustain itself as an autonomous, anarcho-feminist, anti-capitalist, anti-patriarchal, and anti-extractive collective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lecture as part of the Phd in Art and Technoaesthetics at the Universidad Nacional Tres de Febrero. Invited by Ana Laura Cantera. 2023 Conversation with the Belgian philosopher Vinciane Despret, about her book &#8220;A la salud de los muertos&#8221; and other epistemological practices with companion species. 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