Artists at Risk (AR)BOGOTÁ: Inaugurating the Ecologists at Risk (ER) Latin America Residency Network (ER-RRAL) 🌿
Led by Perpetuum Mobile (PM), Ecologistas en Riesgo (ER) - Red de Residencias en América Latina (ER-RRAL), in Spanish, brings together representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean, founding a continental support network for eco-cultural practitioners at risk.
👥 The Finnish Ambasaddor Eija Rotinen opened the event by highlighting the importance of cooperation among civil society, cultural institutions and diplomatic actors.
Co-Directors Marita Muukkonen and Ivor Stodolsky introduced the work of Perpetuum Mobile (PM), including Artists at Risk (AR) and the new Ecologists at Risk (ER) network, a long-term initiative supported by grants from the Nordic Culture Fund’s Globus and Globus Forward Programmes.
💬 Hosting organisations from across the region participated, including the Wuasikamas project, with the Inga indigenous leader Hernando Chindoy, which transformed illicit poppy cultivation into sustainable agriculture in Colombia;
Kibii Foundation, with researcher Nicholaas Pinas, which works to preserve Maroon cultural heritage in Suriname;
Pukañawi association, with by Humberto Mancilla, which uses film to defend human rights in Bolivia;
Pukañawi association, with by Humberto Mancilla, which uses film to defend human rights in Bolivia;
Plataforma Caníbal, with Jaider Orsini, a community-based platform in Barranquilla, on Colombia's Caribbean coast;
ER-RRAL’s first ER-Resident at Plataforma Caníbal, Ulises Matamoros, presented his work on the preservation of the Ngiba language through community digital repositories in Mexico;
R.A.R.O. shared its cross-border residency model through a visit to its studios in Bogotá, a site once marked by privatization and now reclaimed by artists;
Casa Sanacion Montana Mujeres with Bertha Neris, a safe haven for women in La Calera Mountains;
Casa Sanacion Montana Mujeres with Bertha Neris, a safe haven for women in La Calera Mountains;
ArteSumapaz Foundation with Peppa Herrera and Ric Dragon, shared their vision of an intentional community and sculpture park in Cundinamarca.
Stay tuned as ER-RRAL continues to grow!
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