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¿Qué hay de nuevo, viejo?

Magazine

08 February 2009

¿Qué hay de nuevo, viejo?

Nuevo, neo, retro… A lo largo del 2009 el centro DeAppel de Amsterdam desplegará un interesante ciclo de conferencias mensuales que se aproxima a la noción de “lo nuevo” a partir de conceptos tan “viejos” como ‘subversión’, ‘belleza’, ‘conocimiento’, o ‘idealismo’. El objetivo es reunir y conjugar diferentes posiciones que faciliten una mayor comprensión de las formas culturales del presente.

Y a lo lejos parece asomar Antonio Gramsci cuando afirmaba que hablar en términos de “novedad” implicaba asumir una posición de fragilidad respecto al pasado y el presente…

Aimar Arriola works in art as a curator, editor and researcher. For some time now he has been thinking ‘about’ surfaces, in a double sense: paying attention to the presence of concrete surfaces, such as documents, bodies, or art objects; and reflecting on the differential status that the realm of surfaces has in relation to the deep. He holds a PhD in Visual Cultures from Goldsmiths, University of London and is currently a research associate at AZ Alhóndiga Bilbao. In August 2021 he was happy and bought a black cap.

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