Biennial of the Americas Denver 2010

The 2010 Biennial of the Americas is an international event that celebrates the culture, ideas and people of the Western Hemisphere, hosted by the City of Denver.

VENUE MAP & HOURS

Gabriel Acevedo Velarde

Freedom Flag Poster, unlimited edition, 80 x 60 cm, 2008 Colectivo Unidad (video still), Video transferred to DVD disc, 7 min 50 sec, 2005 Revolucionario (3), Ink on paper, 27 x 19 cm, 2008
Birth Year1976
City of OriginLima
City of ResidenceBerlin, Germany
VenueMcNichols Main Stage: The Nature of Things
StatementIn January 2010, four teenagers videotaped themselves damaging reliefs in Chan-Chan (AD 850), a historical site in Peru. Later they uploaded the video to YouTube, so the vandalic prank quickly turned into a national scandal. To me, the angry reaction of society revealed once again a hypocritical attitude towards the idea of national identity, for Peru is a racist country where monuments are important, but indios are not. I decided I wanted to spread my opinions about the subject in the form of songs and videoclips, to be uploaded to Youtube and distributed in street markets in Lima, basing on the teenager's video.
Websitehttp://www.galerialeme.com/artistas_bio.php?lang=ing&id=21