In Conversation: Maxim Holland, Susie Quillinan, Andrea Muñoz and Ralph Bauer
Thursday 4 July 2019
7pm
Proyecto AMIL
Lima
The book HAWAPI 2018 – Pondores gathers documentation and reflections from the sixth edition of HAWAPI (https://www.hawapi.org), an independent art project that annually invites artists to stay for short periods in areas that have been affected by social, political, economic and environmental problems to develop context responsive projects.
The sixth edition of HAWAPI was held in Colombia during November 2018, in the Territorial Area of Training and Reincorporation (ETCR) Amaury Rodríguez, located in Pondores (La Guajira). The ETCR Amaury Rodríguez is one of the twenty-four spaces that were established on Colombian territory as part of the Peace Agreement signed between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) on 24 November 2016. This space houses approximately two hundred and fifty inhabitants, mostly ex-combatants of FARC-EP, waiting for rehabilitation into civilian life.
Between 3 and 12 November 2018, the twelve artists invited to participate in the sixth edition of HAWAPI stayed at the ETCR Amaury Rodríguez where they made a series of works and cultural activities that reflect on the Peace Process in Colombia and the current situation in the ETCR. Subsequently, in February 2019, the collective exhibition HAWAPI 2018 – Pondores, curated by Andrea Muñoz, was held at Espacio El Dorado (Bogotá).
During this book lauch, Maxim Holland (Director of HAWAPI), Susie Quillinan (Editor of HAWAPI publications), Andrea Muñoz (Curator of the sixth edition of HAWAPI at Espacio El Dorado) and Ralph Bauer (Designer of the book HAWAPI 2018), will re-evaluate the Colombian edition of HAWAPI and discuss the challenges involved in translating this complex experience in the format of a publication.
