Más Arte Más Acción

Más Arte Más Acción has been working since 2009 as a platform for interdisciplinary artistic projects that explore wide-ranging social and environmental issues. By stimulating cultural exchange and dialogue, this non-profit organization seeks to cultivate accessible artistic practice and critical thinking in Colombia, specifically towards activist ends.

The foundation’s base in Nuquí, Chocó in the Colombian Pacific region has long been a crucial source of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary inspiration for local artists and artisans to explore wide-ranging social and environmental issues by considering, through art, the construction of other possible worlds and more positive futures for all. MAMA builds networks with funders, universities, festivals, art institutions, and local communities to sustain the ideas and processes of critical thinking— all within a greater thematic context of land disputes and environmental health.

City

Nuquí

Country

Colombia

Region

S. America

Year of Creation

2009

Featured Project

Around a Tree

Around a Tree bridges art and science to explore humanity’s connection with trees and plants amidst the global climate and biodiversity crises, and to better understand the relationships between plants, people, and climate change. Ecology, botany, and the arts come together at a circular table around a tree. The installation creates space for collective actions, readings, walks, soundscapes, and dialogues for writers, artists, scientists, activists, and visitors from a variety of fields to share knowledge, art, stories, and emotions about climate change and their ties to our beautiful planet.

Alrededor de un Árbol

Resources

Interviews:

Arias, Fernando and Jonathan Colin. “Más arte más acción – How we work.” YouTube, interview by José Fernando Serrano-Amaya, uploaded by Salta art foundation, 4 August 2022, youtu.be/na-fgooMoPc?si=bXX9fcvFMIT-sbFf.

“Conferencia Ana Garzón + Arte + Acción.” YouTube, uploaded by Facultad de Arquitectura y Artes UACh, 18 June 2021, www.youtube.com/live/GhJ1UcP-fuo?si=WQtlobpAiFX8mWIg.

“Más Arte Más Acción: Jonathan Colin, Alejandra Rojas, Rossana Alarcón and Carmenza Rojas in Conversation with Rosela del Bosque, Olena Iegorova and Veronica Mari.” oncurating.org, Issue 54, November 2022, on-curating.org/issue-54-reader/m%C3%A1s-arte-m%C3%A1s-acci%C3%B3n-jonathan-colin-alejandra-rojas-rossana-alarc%C3%B3n-and-carmenza-rojas.html.

Giraldo, Alejandra Rojas, et al. “Más Arte Más Acción. Pensamiento Crítico a Través del Arte en el Pacífico Colombiano [Critical Thinking Through Art in the Colombian Pacific].” Artishock, by Alejandra Villasmil, 10 June 2022, artishockrevista.com/2022/10/06/mas-arte-mas-accion-entrevista/.

Videos:

“Más Arte Más Acción.” Vimeo, vimeo.com/masartemasaccion.

“Base Choco.” Vimeo, uploaded by fernadno arias, 5 December 2016, vimeo.com/194425491.

Publications:

Este Lugar [This Place]. Fundacion Más Arte Más Acción, 2017.

Hierbas de Sal y Tierra [Herbs of Salt and Earth]. Fundacion Más Arte Más Acción, 2012.

Mejor Que [Better Than]. Fundacion Más Arte Más Acción, 2015.

Ningun Lugar [Nowhere]. Fundacion Más Arte Más Acción, 2013.

Siembra [Sowing]. Fundacion Más Arte Más Acción, 2013.

Articles:

“Más Arte Más Acción.” documenta fifteen, 2022, documenta-fifteen.de/en/lumbung-members-artists/mas-arte-mas-accion/.

Romero, Velia Vidal. “Más Arte Más Acción en documenta 15.” C& América Latina, 2022, amlatina.contemporaryand.com/es/editorial/mas-arte-mas-accion-documenta-2022/.

More Information

masartemasaccion.org

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