States of Exchange: overview of events

Jeanette Chávez, Cambio de estado (Change of State), detail, 2006

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Communicating dissent

With a lack of access to extensive or hi-tech modes of communication, there are a handful of artists in Cuba who find ways to overcome this barrier. Artists Lázaro Saavedra and Jeanette Chávez discuss their methods for communicating dissent.

Iniva Director Sebastian Lopez chairs the conversation

A Late Thursday event
24 January 2008, 7 - 9pm
Project Space 2

Meet the Artists

Wilfredo Prieto and Diana Fonseca introduce their works through informal discussions in the gallery space with a performance by Iván and Yoan Capote. Co curator Gerardo Mosquera will lead the discussion.

Saturday 26 January 2008, 2 -4pm
Barclays Project Space

When collaboration facilitates art

Collaboration often arises out of necessity in Cuba. What emerges is art produced in the true spirit of collaboration where resources are shared and cultivated. Brothers Iván and Yoan Capote discuss their collaborative working methods. By way of introduction, the co-curators, Havana-based Gerardo Mosquera and Cylena Simonds who is based in London, allow us to listen in on a short telephone conversation about their curatorial collaboration.

A Late Thursday event
31 January 2008, 7 - 9pm
Project Space 2

Film screenings

States of Exchange video screening programme features artists' shorts and experimental documentaries. From the moment video arrived in Cuba it became an alternative mode of communication exchange - it provided artists with a new means of creative freedom and rewrote the terms of the art-institutions relationship in Cuba.

Screened over two Thursday evenings in February and two in March 2008, Iniva will present a selection of works including Cuba Baila (Cuba Dances) by Alexis de la O Joya, Informes de Hechos Vividos (Reports on Lived Events) by Jesús Hernández and Buscándote Havana (Looking for You, Havana) by Alina Rodríguez.

Curator's gallery talk

Tours of the exhibition with the curator will be planned for February and March. More details soon.

Admission is free. As places are limited we recommend reserving a place by phoning 020 7749 1240 or emailing bookings@rivingtonplace.org