about:

The Theoretical Forum of the Tenth Havana Biennial will consist of different actions. A first space for discussions was opened in March 2008 and comprises the international presentation of a debate that will extend until March 2009. This exchange of ideas will be carried out through an online forum with artists, theorists, etc., and conferences that will also circulate as light publications during the year. It is an exchange oriented both to the international and Cuban contexts in order to create the conceptual bases or guidelines of understanding on the topic in question, with a view to prepare the public to face and understand the Tenth Biennial's discourse. It also comprises the edition of an anthology with a selection of the ideas emerged from the different Havana Biennials and their theoretical events, as well as the publication of the book on the Theoretical Event of the Tenth Havana Biennial, which will present the public with the works discussed in March 2009 at the traditional venue of the National Fine Arts Museum.

Project for the Theoretical Event. Tenth Havana Biennial

bio:

Nelly Richard es Crítica y ensayista, estudió Literatura Moderna en La Sorbonne, Paris. Es directora de la Revista de Crítica Cultural, desde 1990. Se desempeña actualmente como Directora de Extensión Académica y Cultural de la Universidad ARCIS. Dirigió el programa de la Fundación Rockefeller (Universidad ARCIS, Corporación La Morada, Revista de crítica Cultural) sobre "Postdictadura y transición democrática: identidades sociales, prácticas culturales y lenguajes estéticos", entre 1997 y 2000, en la Universidad ARCIS. "Márgenes e Instituciones; arte en Chile desde 1973" (Melbourne- Art and Text, Fco. Zegers Editor, 1987); "La estratificación de los Márgenes" (Santiago, Fco. Zegers Editor, 1989); "Masculino/ Femenino: prácticas de la diferencia y cultura democrática" (Santiago, Fco. Zegers Editor, 1993); "La Insubordinación de los Signos: cambio político, transformaciones culturales y poéticas de la crisis" (Santiago, Cuarto Propio Ediciones, 1994); "residuos y Metáforas: ensayos de crítica cultural sobre el Chile de la Transición" (Santiago, Cuarto Propio Ediciones, 1998)