Abdel Hernández San Juan and Surpik angelini, interpretations of their Curatorial practice

  Latín american encounters, anthropology at rice. By David kaplan Edited by abdel Hernández San juan The first large-scale encounter between art and  anthropology, featuring Latin American artists, will appear at Rice University t , t his spring. The nine-week multimedia course “Artists in Trance” will explore a  variety of social issues in South American and Caribbean countries and include a  a rt exhibitions and live performances. “   Artists in Trance,” a unique series of lectures and events, will run from  Jan. 15 to March 26. The evening course is free and open to the public.  The works of the 10 artists are charged with social energy. Visceral,  exhuberent and sometimes humorous, they express the concerns of communities  within Latin American cultures.  What makes these artists“anthropological” is that they use social dynamics as their primary materials. In the process they become voices to the issues and problems facing the ...

 Lecture to the film. By Thomas mc evilley, 1 hour and half lecture around the 7 exhibits on campus at rice after visiting it, march, film by Brian huberman, sound transcription by abdel Hernández San Juan and Surpik angelini, rice media center,vrice university, Houston, Texas, 1997 Artists in trance: various artists. By Thomas mc evilley, art in américa, new York, 1998