Guantanamera
Birrell, Ross and Harding, David (2010) Guantanamera. Americas Society / Council of the Americas, 680 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, 17 May - 30 July 2011 [Show/Exhibition]
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Creators/Authors: | Birrell, Ross and Harding, David | ||||
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Abstract: | Guantanamera is a film, installation and recording project devised in collaboration with David Harding (former Head of Environmental Art and Sculpture at Glasgow School of Art) and was filmed in Cuba (2008) and Miami (2009). It was funded by SAC and Glasgow City Council and produced by Douglas Gordon. The project focuses upon the recording and broadcast of the Cuban song, Guantanamera. Guantanamera has been screened and exhibited internationally since its launch at Glasgow International in April 2010. Exhibitions/Screenings: Trades Hall, GI (17-18 April 2010); Swiss Institute in Rome (9 May-25 Sept 2010); Kunsthalle Basel (13 Jun-22 Aug 2010; public film screening at StadtKino, Basel, 29 June 2011); Galleri Rotor 1, Gothenburg (8 Oct-7 Nov 2010; screening and lecture 11 Oct 2011); Cobra Museum of Modern Art (8 May 2011; a closing event, public screening and discussion with !Patria o Libertad! exhibition curator Paco Barragán and Roos Gortzak, Exhibition Co-ordinator, Kunsthalle Basel); Americas Society (17 May–30 July 2011; a film screening and panel discussion with Carmen Pelaez, Yasmeen Siddiqui and Gabriela Rangel was held on 18 May 2011); Portikus, Frankfurt am Main (18 Nov 2011-22 Jan 2012; talk at Staedelschule, 15 Nov 2011). A book published by Portikus, Frankfurt am Main is forthcoming in 2013, titled, You Like This Garden? Ross Birrell/David Harding and Douglas Gordon, with a new essay by Jan Verwoert and texts by Sophie Von Olfers and Nikolaus Hirsch, Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt, Malcolm Lowry, Jose Marti and Mark Neocleous (ISBN: 978-1-934105-78-8) | ||||
Official URL: | http://www.as-coa.org/exhibitions/rent-consuelo-castañeda | ||||
Output Type: | Show/Exhibition | ||||
Additional Information: | To view excerpt on vimeo https://vimeo.com/70763598 Password: Marti In Cuba Guantanamera was recorded by Jose Andres Ramirez (Changui Guantanamo) in Guantanamo and broadcast on Foxa Radio station, Havana. In Miami, Guantanamera was recorded by Rennes Barrios and broadcast on La Poderosa radio station. | ||||
Media of Output: | Installation, films, record | ||||
Schools and Departments: | School of Fine Art > Fine Art Critical Studies | ||||
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Status: | Published | ||||
Funders: | Scottish Arts Council Artist Film and Video Award, Glasgow City Council Lord Provost and International Office, Douglas Gordon, Producer, Berlin | ||||
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Event Title: | For Rent: Consuelo Castaneda (Guantanamera presented as invited intervention into retrospective) | ||||
Event Location: | Americas Society / Council of the Americas, 680 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065 | ||||
Event Dates: | 17 May - 30 July 2011 | ||||
Output ID: | 234 | ||||
Deposited By: | Ross Birrell | ||||
Deposited On: | 21 Nov 2011 11:43 | ||||
Last Modified: | 05 Jul 2018 11:54 |