Antarctic Cultural Program - Dirección Nacional del Antártico
The Antarctic Cultural Program of the Dirección Nacional del Antártico enhance and promote the exploration of aesthetic proposals for developing artistic projects focalised in the Antarctic.
This Antarctic Cultural Program is included in the Antarctic Summer Campaign, which takes place between November and March of every year, and works are then shown in national and international temporary and itinerant exhibitions, seminars, and exchanges.
An Introduction to the Cultural Antarctic Program
The Program was outlined in May 2004 by the National Antarctic Direction. Such Program was supported by National Fund of Arts, in Argentina and Guggenheim Foundation, in New York, United States. The Antarctic Cultural Program was initiated with Argentinean artists and was included in the International Cooperation Program in 2006 with artists from Spain and Canada, by deeping polar dialogues, by finding out aesthetic possibilities of contemporary art associated with current matters concerning environment and by diffusing works at national and international levels.
Researches carried out by scientists from National Antarctic Direction (DNA) and Argentine Antarctic Institute (IAA), such as "Appearance of Methane Hydrochloride on glacier ice surfaces” by Dr. Rodolfo del Valle and "Evidence of Climate Warming in the Antarctic peninsula and disappearance of Larsen Glacier Barrier” by Eng. Pedro Skvarca, were the starting points of this Program, which analyzes effects produced by climate changes in the Antarctic peninsula. The Antarctic Cultural Program received others artists who work in the aesthetic research on different disciplines, by combining art and science to produce a reflexive conscience for spreading works related to Antarctica.
During the 2009/11 campaign there were artists from Australia, England, Austria and Russia who developed a visual and sound artistic research project.
Goals:
- To include Antarctica in national and international cultural projects for deeping the relationship between Argentina and Antarctica.
- To establish contacts with people having no access to Antarctica, by including art exhibitions in those of historic and scientific features.
- To promote the developement of the Argentine contemporary art and theoretical reflexion in the Antarctic.
- To enhance links between arts and sciences, by promoting the interaction of the different disciplines.
- To develop the Antarctic imaginary, the National thinking and the responsibility on our heritage and environment.
- To improve links with institutions, associations, and universities to build cooperation.
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