In conjunction with the exhibition Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940-1980, this three-part series of conversations among Latin American scholars is intended to highlight new research, amplify complexities, and strengthen networks of scholarship and fellowship among creative circles interested in art, architecture, and design.
In this session, scholars Raul Naon and Fernando Portal will explore the intersection of memory and design in Argentina and Chile. This conversation will be moderated by Inés Katzenstein, Director, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Research Institute for the Study of Art from Latin America, and Curator of Latin American Art.
Register for Crafting Modernity Networks Part 3 on Wednesday, September 11, online via Zoom
Inés Katzenstein, Director, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Research Institute for the Study of Art from Latin America, and Curator of Latin American Art.
Raúl Naón, cofounder and president of Foundation IDA, is an art collector who seeks to foster and advance the arts and cultural endeavors, especially in Argentina. Foundation IDA works to preserve and promote the history of Argentine design in fields like industrial, textile, fashion, and graphic design. His role was key in loaning works for the Crafting Modernity exhibition at MoMA. For nearly two decades, Naón has been involved with Foundation Espigas, which focuses on preserving the history of visual arts in Argentina. From 2014 to 2016, he served on the board of the Latin American and Caribbean Fund at MoMA, where he helped to increase the visibility of the region’s art on the global stage.
Fernando Portal is an artist and researcher exploring the intersections between design and politics. He is currently an associate professor and director of the interdisciplinary research center Núcleo Lenguaje y Creación at Universidad de las Américas in Santiago, Chile. Portal holds a master’s degree in Critical, Curatorial and Conceptual Practices in Architecture from Columbia GSAPP, and is currently a PhD candidate at the Bauhaus-Universität in Weimar. He has collaborated extensively with artists and cultural institutions in Latin América, Europe and the US in the development of curatorial, editorial, and performance-based projects related to the memory of counter-hegemonic practices in architecture and design, and to the development of self-organized cultural and communal spaces. He is editor and co-editor of several books, including Lo nuevo, de nuevo. Arquitectura y bienal en Chile (2021), and Esto no es Arquitectura (2023).
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