Just six months after President Obama declared his intention of normalizing relations with Cuba, the 12th edition of La Bienal de la Habana opened on May 22, with the promise of new beginnings in the air — as well as up in the air: hospitality ventures, emotions, market speculation, venture-capitalist mouth-foaming, artistic output, and hope are all peaking. And not just for the Cubans.“This Bienal will be historic because it’s mixing so many different languages,” says Dago Rodríguez, who together with Marco Castillo forms the art duo (formerly the three-person collective) Los Carpinteros, which splits its time between Madrid and Havana. “Now the Bienal has the same problem Cuba has: It keeps considering itself as part of the third world, but that’s going to change.” “Maybe next time they hire a fancy curator and everything changes,” adds Castillo, noting the Bienal has been run by the same group since its inception.
- 5/29/2015
- by Michael Slenske
- Vulture
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