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A different celebration on Women´s day: going to an Art exhibition. Posted by on Apr 4, 2013 in Learning, Spanish Culture

Hace algunas semanas fue el Día de la mujer Trabajadora. Aunque las mujeres han alcanzado con éxito muchos logros, aún queda mucho camino por andar. La violencia doméstica es todavía una realidad, la discriminación en el trabajo, y la estabilidad laboral son todavía cargas en nuestra sociedad.

Se tomaron diferentes iniciativas por todo el mundo, y miles de eventos tuvieron lugar para celebrar este 8 de Marzo. Y fui lo suficientemente afortunada como para ser invitada a participar en la inauguración de una increíble exposición de arte contemporáneo en la ciudad sureña de Almería: Ars Visibilis, exposición internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, enmarcada en el festival Miradas de Mujeres 2013.

La variedad de propósitos y lugares ha hecho de Ars Visibilis una experiencia sumamente interesante: video arte, festival de poesía, danza, sesiones de networking, talleres artísticos, etc.

Los objetivos de este festival son los siguientes:

  1. dar voz visual a las experiencias (directa o indirectamente) de mujeres artistas y sus percepciones/experiencias de desigualdad en el desarrollo de sus carreras artísticas.
  2. preguntar qué es socialmente aceptable. El arte en igualdad es uno de los principales motores de progreso social, mostrar que hemos avanzado socialmente, y por último,
  3. compartir experiencias.

La ceremonia inaugural incluía lecturas poéticas, y parte de la exposición de arte (había más sedes, incluyendo museos españoles muy importantes), con trabajos de gran impacto en los espectadores, y diferentes mensajes. Quisiera mostraros una foto, y un video de los que más me gustaron. También fui invitada a la clausura antes de que se trasladase a Milán, pero esa es otra historia que compartiré con vosotros otro día.

Some weeks ago it was the International (Working) Women’s Day. Even though women have successfully achieved a lot of goals, there is still a long way to go. Violence against women is still real, discrimination in the workplace and women job security are still burdens in our society.

Different initiatives were taken all around the world, and thousands of events took place to celebrate this 8th of March. And I was lucky enough to be asked to take part in the inauguration of an incredible contemporary arts exhibition in the southern city of Almería: ARS Visibilis – International Contemporary Art Exhibition, framed in the Eyes of Women 2013 festival.

The diversity of goals and places has made Ars Visibilis quite an interesting experience: video art, poetry festival, dance performances, networking sessions, artistic workshops, etc…

The objectives of the festival were the following ones:

  1. to give visual voice to the experiences (directly or indirectly) of women artists and their perceptions / experiences of inequality in the development of their artistic career,
  2. to ask what is socially acceptable. Art in equality has to be envisaged as one of the main engines of social progress, to show that we have advanced socially and finally,
  3. to share experiences.

The opening ceremony included poetry readings, and part of the Art exhibition (there were some more headquarters, including very important Spanish museums), with works of great impact on the viewers, and different messages. I’d love to show you both a picture, and a video about the ones I enjoyed most. I was also invited to its closing before it moved to Milan, but that’s a different story I’ll share with you some other day.

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Hi all! I’m Magda, a Spanish native speaker writing the culture posts in the Transparent Language Spanish blog. I have a Bachelor’s in English Philology and a Master’s in Linguistics and Literature from the University of Granada, in Spain. I have also completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Education, and then worked as an English teacher in several schools and academies for several years. Last year was my first at university level. In addition, I work as a private tutor, teaching English and Spanish as a foreign language to students and adults. In my free time, I’m an avid reader and writer, editing and collaborating in several literary blogs. I have published my first poetry book recently. And last but not least, I love photography!