Following on from Claire’s AHRC-funded project on Latin(o) American Digital Art, she was asked to provide a piece for the Institute of Cultural Capital, drawing on the findings of the project. The Institute of Cultural Capital (ICC) is a strategic collaboration between the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) which aims to … Continue reading
Claire Taylor’s AHRC-funded Follow-On Project on Latin(o) American Digital Art has now come to an end, and has drawn up a Policy Document based on the findings of the project. The Policy Document that makes a series of observations and recommendations regarding the exhibition spaces for digital artwork, the uses of social media for curation … Continue reading
We’re delighted to announce that Claire’s Latin American Digital Art project will be participating in the series of events held in Liverpool as part of the Being Human Festival. Being Human is the UK’s only national festival of the humanities, and is now in its second year. A series of events are taking place in … Continue reading
Our readers will have noticed that we’ve been blogging and tweeting energetically over this past year with all the latest news, events and activities from Claire’s AHRC-funded project on Latin(o) American Digital Art. The grant has just come to an end this month, but this doesn’t mean the end of the project. The good news … Continue reading
We just came back from an exciting trip to Argentina and Uruguay where we ran a series of events and activities on the AHRC-funded project Latin(o) American Digital Art. Our first stop was Montevideo, where we were welcomed by the internationally recognised artist Brian Mackern, who had been our Artist in Residence in Liverpool in October … Continue reading
The original Cities in Dialogue / Ciudades en Diálogo first started out in Liverpool, UK in October 2014, and brought together four leading artists: Brian Mackern (Uruguay), Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga (US), Bárbara Palomino (Chile), and Marina Zerbarini (Argentina). We are now taking the exhibition to South America! Our first stop will be the historical Cabildo in … Continue reading
Brian Mackern’s residency in Liverpool for our AHRC-funded project Latin(o) American Digital Arts keeps having unexpected and amazing outcomes. Brian’s new version of his Santa Rosa Storm, as presented at FACT during his residency here in Liverpool last October, has now gone on its travels to other venues and events. After a concert in Mexico and … Continue reading
We are delighted that the news on our April’s Twitter Gallery featuring amazing images from Brian Mackern’s This Too Shall Pass has made it to the front page of the University of Liverpool news. The article gives details about the gallery, explains how to win a signed poster by the artist and a first edition copy of … Continue reading
Latamcyber is delighted to announce that we will be holding two exciting follow-up events stemming from our Cities in Dialogue exhibition which ran during the Independents Biennial in 2014. On Wednesday 11th February and Wednesday 18 February, Claire Taylor and Jordana Blejmar, curators of the exhibition and researchers on the project, will be facilitating two workshops … Continue reading
We’re delighted to report that the digital art group, Veterans in Practice, really enjoyed working with our Artist in Residence, Brian Mackern, during his visit to Liverpool. Back in October, they participated in a workshop run by Brian on mapping, technologies, and the city. A lively discussion was held, during which ideas were shared around the Veterans’ … Continue reading