(via Totalitarianism Unveiled in Tania Bruguera's Powerful Defiance Performance)

Tania Bruguera’s impactful performance on totalitarianism, featuring Hannah Arendt’s work, is a reminder of the enduring relevance of intellectual resistance and the power of art in shaping a more inclusive society.

Untitled from the series Interval (Entreacto), Tania Bruguera, 1994, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Gift of Robert Schweitzer in memory of Vita and Edwin Schweitzer Size: composition: 17 13/16 × 25 15/16" (45.2 × 65.9 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 × 27 1/2" (50.3 × 69.8 cm) Medium: Screenprint

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/205483

"Tatlin's Whisper (Havana)"

Cuban artist Tania Bruguera pointing out the issue of state control by providing visitors a podium for free uncensored speech. After the time is up each one gets moved away by people in military uniforms.

https://vimeo.com/21394727

On The Appeal of  Land Art,

The appeal of the land as a medium lies in the dynamic which allows it to build a rapport with all human senses as opposed to the restriction to the visual plane as seen in the case of orthodox mediums. The appeal lies in the uncontrollable and hard-to-capture characteristic, similar to Hsieh’s approach to time as a medium in his “Doing Time” series: which attempts the taming of an otherwise obviously indomitable medium.

In mentioning my favorite quote from last week by Tania Bruguera, ”for me, the most critical moment for an art piece is when people are not sure if it’s art or not,” I feel like land art evokes similar emotions alongside very nomad instinctual feelings within the audience that makes for a spiritual experience. Having been introduced to the medium, in questioning man’s fundamental understanding of art, man tries to capture/frame the visual magnificence like an attempt to cage a bird that must be let free to strive. This, therefore, becomes a love-hate relationship between man and the earth representative of the very strained condition of nature in the contemporary world. Although I struggle to grasp at the extent of abstraction in the medium, as someone who grew up in a purely urban environment, my association of the medium with the purity of the unadulterated land gives me a sense of connection best described as therapeutic: an aspect of which relates to the little understanding of art therapy I received from Guadalupe Maravilla.

What I mentioned as man’s need to ‘capture the bird’ is what the series of videos defines as man’s hubris: the dominant predatory confidence in oneself to alter what is often millennia of geology at work. In this very uncapturable trait that baffles the artist in the documentation, be it via video, still imaging, and audio, all fall short of the sensory experience of a land art construction. In this very trait lies the appeal of land art.

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We Are San Isidro @mov_sanisidro History is still in the making... . . . . . . #WeAreSanIsidro #TodosSomosSanIsidro #TaniaBruguera #AnamelysRamos #MovimientoSanIsidro #Revact #RevactMiami #CubanosPorElMundo #Cuba #VivaCubaLibre #FreeDenis #Cultura #Arte #Caminamos #DerechosHumanos (at RevAct) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIT-tRNDny9/?igshid=1saxz8vmys06i

Tania Bruguera

Dignity Has No Nationality, 2017

Creative Time: Pledges of Allegiance

Nylon and polyester poplin, hand appliqué48 × 72 in121.9 × 182.9 cmEdition 1/1 + 1APPhoto by Nicholas Prakas, Courtesy of Creative Time

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/tania-bruguera-dignity-has-no-nationality

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-hans-ulrich-obrist-artists-politics

Atlas of Transitions, Bologna, IT. Mom voting at Tania Bruguera’s ‘Referendum‘ and Broadcasting the Archive #11.

Tania Bruguera: Let Truth Be, Though The World Perish

Al PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea di Milano la prima mostra personale italiana di Tania Bruguera, artista e attivista cubana, critica nei confronti di governi repressivi.

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this room contains an organic compound that makes you cry - Tania Bruguera about migration and the power of community action | #tatemodern #tate #sunday #taniabruguera #somethingintheair #cry #migration #artwork #art (at Tate Modern) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqUqAM2llRr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1iubve6976vdz

Today, another Latin American, the third to be included in the Turbine Hall, has been commissioned with the mammoth undertaking of occupying the space as part of the Hyundai Commission. The acclaimed Cuban artist and activist Tania Bruguera! Click on the link in our Bio and head to our News section to read our latest article.⠀ ⠀ #TaniaBruguera #TateModern #contemporaryart #ScoopArt #artnews https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp7yx4Nhi_u/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ojmgrp8l4mpp

#migrant #selfie This is my #number #mytatemodern TANIA BRUGUERA: 10,143,745 (so far) #taniabruguera #tatemodern (at Tate Modern) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpH72Fpg7M8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wnaw90nk4jiz

Entre reflejos guardas De la serie “Custodios” #guard #viernes #friday #june #mexico #mexicocity #mextagram#museo #museum #photography #photooftheday #art #muac #taniabruguera #photoexhibition #igmasters #picoftheday #color #christianalbrecht #foto #fotografia #series #custodio (at MUAC Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo)

For our final 2018 UnGala honoree introductions, Cool Culture is thrilled to present, Tania Bruguera! A Cuban artist and activist, Tania Bruguera explores the intersections of social justice and art through her groundbreaking installations and performance pieces. Tania is committed to creating timely and socially conscious works to enact change among communities. Per the MoMA, her recent exhibition, "Tania Bruguera: Untitled (Havana, 2000)”, at the @moma, is a deeply affecting and sensorial work that “creates an immediacy and an urgency about the vulnerability we all share when we’re stripped of our human rights.” Using her platform to advocate for marginalized and often vulnerable communities, and to shine a light on inequality, is something we applaud and deem critical in this political climate. We look forward to acknowledging Tania, a revolutionary international artist whose achieved well earned stature in contemporary art and social practice, at our UnGala on Thursday, May 31st. Join us in celebrating Tania and our other honorees, as well as the impact Cool Culture continuously makes on our communities. For more information, to purchase tickets, or to make a donation, click here!

"The Party of Migrant People's Assembly is a space dedicated to conversations between and with immigrants' rights organizations across the Bay Area. An exercise of arte útil, his project turns the art institution into a host for working groups and conversations about the state of immigration in the United States and throughout the world today, in an effort to challenge growing prejudice and misinformation on immigration and its misuse in today's political discourse. We invite immigrant rights, activist, and civil liberties groups addressing the theme of immigration today to use the space for gatherings. Join the Party of Migrant People's Assembly and imagine a different future. . This space can be reserved free of charge through October 29. For more information, contact [email protected] or 415.978.2700 x114. Please note this is a public space, and scheduled events will be posted accordingly and open to the public." #whycitizenship #taniabruguera #ybca (at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts)