With delay, the Cultural San Martín launched its year’s programming

Under the new orbit of Mariana Ron as general director (comes from CCRojas), appointed by the Buenos Aires secretary of culture Gabriela Ricardes, The programming will have theater, cinema, dance, literature, music and visual arts with proposals related to new technologies and creative economies as the main focus. It is worth asking if in times of “no money” the creative economy responds to the challenge of doing a lot with little. The thing is that although there will be many proposals in all disciplines, several were canceled as happened in all public institutions.

In stage performances the cycle stands out Americana Icurated by Maruja Bustamante, where contemporary directors are inspired by stories and novels by American authors. It will arrive in May Remisería Las Mellia play written and directed by Ana Kowalczuk and Camilo Polotto Plovkin.

In August, it will be released Perplexed by the German playwright Marius von Mayenburg under the direction of Guillermo Mariscal. In September the new debut of Dennis Smith with My previous life, where he will not only be its director but also its protagonist. Finally, for October and November it will be re-released Hermaphroditethe piece of Alfredo Arias, Mayra Bonard and Carlos Casella. As you can see, less theatrical production than usual, where at least 3 premieres were offered per month, which resulted in prolific work for the cultural San Martín’s performance staff.

The Cultural San Martín proposes this year a look to position itself as a portal between the past and the future, reaffirming its historical identity based on its modern architectural heritage, built in two historical moments by the architect Mario Roberto Álvarez: the decade of the ‘ 60s and in the 2000s. In this sense, projects will be carried out that will address the enhancement of the building, as well as guided tours of the space and free cultural tours from the cultural center to other points.

As you can see, these are projects to address an enhancement and not concrete works, which in this context of little money available, especially for the area of ​​culture, would be unviable.

The link between the Human Scale/Digital Scale will be investigated, combining arts, science, architecture and design in a transversal way. In this way, artistic installations, interactive proposals, sound installations, visual arts samples, theoretical meetings, debates, concerts, performative actions and educational programs will take place. Artists and researchers such as Pablo Siquier, Esteban Pastorino, Delfina Bourse, Ana Rascovsky, Valeria Castelló-Joubert and Lula Mari; and renowned institutions, among which the IDA Foundation, Research in Argentine Design, stand out; Moderna Buenos Aires and Bunge y Born Foundation.

Likewise, the program will be complemented with four cycles: RemoteSM It will be integrated by real-time data exchange sessions, carried out by the CCGSM with digital artists from the cities of Berlin, Santiago de Chile, Hong Kong and São Paulo; IntonaSM will focus on research into new trends in electronic music; PerFormaSM will propose manipulating visual and sound materialities and unconventional perceptions; and SonoraSM will create soundscapes, using the CCGSM architecture as a device. Among the invited artists will be Mene Savasta, Oliverio Duhalde, Mecha Mío, Ren Bot, Pablo Reche, Milo Schnitman, Lux Valladolid and Magdalena Molinari.

Cinema will have a central place in the activities agenda. In April the San Martín Cultural Center will host the 25th Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (Bafici) and the year’s programming will emphasize retrospectives of contemporary Argentine directors: the first, during June, will be dedicated to the work of Nestor Frenkel. The rooms Manuel Antin and Graciela Borges They will continue with their usual cycles dedicated to national premieres, hosting local festivals and their exquisite programming of auteur films. In May it is presented Reaswritten and directed by Lola Arias. Finally, Season S01 will take place, the first audiovisual series festival produced by the Buenos Aires Ministry of Culture.

Together with the Directorate of Artistic Education (DGEArt), the audiovisual installation will be carried out Artists’ notebookswhich will allow access to the personal records of the creative processes of Daniel Veronese, Carlos Belloso, Diego Velazquez, Ariel Farase and Maruja Bustamante.

In dance, the premieres stand out: Temporary maneuvera choreographic investigation by Mariana Montepagano, Alina Marinelli, Margarita Molfino, Natali Falloni and Barbara Hang; I dancechoreographer’s project Damián Malvacio that works thematically on the inclusion of older adults; The invisible citycreated by Janice Iandristsky for the UNA Dance Company; and Palindromathe award-winning “dance solo” by Margarita Molfino.

At the same time, a piece of Andrea Servera, created for the Contemporary Dance Workshop of the San Martín Theater and the San Martín Cultural Center. As a special program, there will be three historical works by Oscar Araiz, Mauricio Wainrot and Gerardo Mercado. Finally, Alejandro Cervera will coordinate Dance notablesa proposal made up of conversations between personalities of the discipline and an artistic performance carried out in cooperation with the Higher Institute of Art of the Teatro Colón and Marcelo Birman.

Dedicated to children, there will be film activities, puppet shows and scientific-cultural activities every weekend throughout the year. From May to the end of July, the San Martín Theater Puppeteers Group disembarks with Thumbelina. During the winter holidays, families will be able to participate in the creative crossover between music, video games, science and robotics, with activities and concerts by the Corear orchestra. There will also be exhibitions in cooperation with the Argentine Video Game Foundation, complemented by playful programming workshops for children: Metamoster and Gol de drones.

From the musical area, the cycle Long live the music! Sound conversations —started in March curated by Carolina Muzi— will present to Sofia Viola and Adriana de los Santos during April. For its part, the Symphonic Band of the City of Buenos Aires, directed by Carlos David James and Nicholas Kapustiansky, will provide concerts specially designed for the CCGSM. In May they will perform pieces from the soundtrack that John Williams composed for Star Wars. And during September a tribute is held to Gustavo Cerati ten years after his death, together with the interdisciplinary exhibition Always is today. Likewise, starting in May, the Band will perform open rehearsals for the general public and educational concerts for schools.

In the area of ​​letters and thought, during April you can participate in Slopes. What you hear when you readthe cycle that, with the guidance of Silvia Hopenhayn, revalues ​​reading as a possible experience to share. By May you can enjoy Literary Buenos Aires, a cycle that invites us to explore the plot of the narratives and the city with the purpose of thinking about how it is inscribed in the social imagination and how it is projected. It will be through the work of Julio Cortázar, Beatriz Guido, Adolfo Bioy Casares and other contemporary authors. Finally, there will be Life by correspondencea performative cycle based on the great epistolary relationships and letters of history, and an original proposal of Expanded poetry.