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A challenge, not a problem
Kathleen Forde reports from the 7th International Festival of Video/Arte/Electronica in Lima, Peru.
As a curator from the USA, I was invited to present an exhibition of San Francisco-based audiovisual artists at the 7th International Festival of Video/Arte/ Electronica. It was my first day and quite frankly, I was feeling a bit ill at ease: "This is not a problem" should, under normal circumstances, pass as a statement of support, perhaps even comfort. However, I was beginning to become increasingly disturbed by the frequency at which I heard this; this was the Peruvian response for my every anxiety-ridden query. Fast forward to the end of my week in Lima and I had to eat my words and worries. My Peruvian colleagues accomplished an impeccable installation of a complex show with remarkable enthusiasm, not to mention a lack of shut eye. In other words, "this was not a problem". For the past seven years, festival director, Jose-Carlos Mariategui, has organised the International Festival of Video/Arte/Electronica in an effort to analyse, discover and present technology-driven arts to the city of Lima. Says Mariategui: "I strongly believe that in a city such as Lima where eight million people live and the majority are poor but mediatised (that is, their basic entertainment is radio...
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