10 January, 2021
by Cristina Aymerich
The unlike is joined together, from differences results the most beautiful harmony, ALL THINGS TAKE PLACE BY STRIFE
19 June, 2019
by Cristina Aymerich
From Brazil: Visibility. Entitlement. Self-representation. Horizontal respectful relationship. Awareness of the complexities of contemporary self-representation. Suggesting the possibility of a collective consciousness rooted in individual action. Careful not to moralize the subject, not to inscribe the work into a pre-established discourse or theory.
FROM FRANCE: Non-linear layout. The audience is given the active role of finding the route. Numerous points of view, varied perspectives, different paths. Every choice is a step ahead. Getting lost becomes the opportunity of retracing, not the same as regretting, your steps.
FROM INDIA: Art as truth and performative experience, passive resistance, peaceful protest, minimal consumption. Space for self-reflection. Call for attentiveness. Invocation to shared futures.
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1 May, 2019
by Cristina Aymerich
If I really believe in one human race, containing equally every human being, I might look around purposefully and intentionally. Invite people into my life who don’t look/think/act like me, don’t come from where I come from. They will challenge my assumptions and offer powerful new insights.
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I no longer see a clear distinction between “Western” and “Chinese” scholarship on Chinese art. DIFFERENCES IN LANGUAGE, readership, and academic environment certainly exist, BUT GLOBAL COLLABORATION AND MUTUAL LEARNING HAS BECOME THE DOMINANT TREND.(more…)
28 April, 2019
by Cristina Aymerich
This world deserves to exist in a diverse way, where all of the wisdom of all peoples can contribute to our collective well-being.
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26 April, 2019
by Cristina Aymerich
Since there has been cultural evolution on planet Earth, we are not determined by the culture we belong to by birth. Both, location and the features of our body, are the starting point shaping our identity. But we are the ones saying the last word.
Read More›The single-story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, TED Talk
25 March, 2019
by Cristina Aymerich
Diverse, panoramic, polychromatic world VERSUS Monotonous, binary, monochromatic world
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2 March, 2019
by Cristina Aymerich
More and more people worldwide are living in countries not considered their own. There is a TED Talk, by writer Pico Iyer, which helped me to reconsidered that apparently prompt question that comes out when meeting first time someone: Where are you from?
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