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| Cultural Briefs |
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| Courtesy of Museo de Arte Contemporaneo |
| BIG pop photography exhibit makes ordinary Chilean life cinematic |
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| Film Review |
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| Courtesy of americansplendormovie.com |
| Paul Giamatti as Harvey Pekar and Hope Davis as Pekar's wife Joyce in American Splendor |
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| Cultural Listings |
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| Courtesy of Museo de Arte Contemporaneo |
| Teresa Wennberg's exhibit "Amnesia" comprises imaginative multimedia pieces |
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Top Cultural Story
THE FEMALE PRESIDENTS: CHILEAN LIFE ON THE MARGIN
Affected Cleaning Ladies Try to Escape Reality
(June 18, 2004) On a recent, raw winter’s night my friends and I headed for the Matucana 100 Cultural Center in Quinta Normal. Located on the fringe of the city center, this eclectic complex of old and new architectural spaces is a fitting locale for the current production of Austrian playwright Werner Schwab’s “The Female Presidents: Or Our Ordinary Fascism,” directed by Jimmy Daccarett.
Cultural Brief
BIG MAGAZINE TAKES OVER MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO
Colorful, Cinematic Prints Capture Chilean Life As Pop Culture
(June 18, 2004) It is big, and it is clever. Big Magazine’s pop art photography exhibition at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo takes a wry look at modern life, turning everyday events into works of art. A man stands by the side of a micro, noting the time as it passes. A discarded shopping trolley lies on its side by the road. Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen lounges in a glass box, watched by a group of school children. The subject matter may be ordinary, but the resulting photographs are exceptional.
Film Review
AMERICAN SPLENDOR ILLUSTRATES THE LIFE OF COMIC HARVEY PEKAR
(June 18, 2004) The tagline for “American Splendor” reads “Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.” This is proved true not only by the events we see in the film, but by the film’s format itself.
Opera Review
FAUST BY CHARLES GOUNOD AT THE TEATRO MUNICIPAL
Faust by Charles Gounod at the Teatro Municipal
(June 17, 2004, One of the most performed operas of our times arrives at Santiago’s Teatro Municipal to enchant us with magnificent music, universal themes of diabolic pacts, the search for eternal youth and the redeeming power of love.
Cultural Announcements
THIS WEEK'S CULTURAL LISTINGS
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