It´s nothing against English, but I think that the university should give the opportunity of choose language, it`s true that English is a language used for many countries, if you talk with a foreign the most likely thing is that the communication to be in this language, then is so good it can practice in class, because I forgot pronounce some words, I can learn new words through vocabulary exercises (I refer use words in the correct context), also the listening serve as a base for conversations with a gringo or British people, as they speak very fast, sometimes is difficult hear everything.
I think that writing helps remember it learned, in blogs I tell things about me in English, this allows to manage everyday subjects, the routine and likes. However, in my opinion the people don`t write formal English, at least in United States.
Clearly, I need improve hearing, I don´t understand why, if I listen English music, besides I watch TV programs everyday, also movies. Maybe, because the listenings are specific situations.
I have a trauma when I speak English. I have been in United States, I went to museums, malls and parks and when someone talk to me, I speak in English without difficulty. But I get aunts and uncles` house I can`t, I think for "bullying" by Latino cousins, I say Latino because my cousins that born there, they help me to speak well the language. Unlike my Chilean cousins that live in US years ago, they´ve teased of my English, as if they speak a perfect English. In my family almost all speak this language, I would like speak them in English, because they talk me in English but I answer in Spanish, except with my gringo or american cousins.
I will do English exercises in web pages, I want review grammar for exam.      
    

Between two options

Still, I am not sure what job, I know that I must work next year barely I will graduate. If is for the degree, I would like to be cultural manager or art critic.

I like cultural management because it´s a dynamic work, is very sociable, but you have meetings all day, your phone ring non stop, time flies, finally you´re exhausted. It has good things: organize or plann cultural events is entertaining because you should look all details, for example if is a band festival, I should invite music bands, do the schedule, and contact a technical equipment, or rather, means to be part fo production. Also, it´s in charge of economic, how much it will cost the festival, the spend money in resources and pay bands. 

It´s within art market. 

In Chile, the cultural manager helps develop art projects, with the objective of win any monetary fund (state or business association), as well known FONDART.

On the other hand, I love the aesthetic, therefore I would like to be art critic of Performing Arts, I like wrinting about plays. I think that the press (above all newspapers) publishes summing up of plays, not a point of view. There are art magazines, however have limited cultural diffusion.

In general, inside artistic environment you need contacts, I know because when I worked in a cultural center, the people was relative of politicians or elite, then most people didn´t study art. They won more than a million pesos, thus my salary could be that number as cultural manager.
I have no idea how much earn an art critic, I suppose that the same, if I work in famous national newspaper in the culture and arts section.
I can´t compare both cases, because are two different things.  

I think that it´s difficult talk about the guilty pleasures, is a topic that to produce shame.
In my case:
1. I dance tektonic when there is electro music, sometimes at parties, it´s funny, are fast movements, is similar to breakdance but isn´t a robotic dance.
2. I like play a little accordion, is a instrument for childrens, I love it, althought I would like to buy a real accordion, first I need a teacher.
3. Since chilhood, I dipped cookies in the tea, if are "galletas de vino" far better. My family hate me when I do that, my mom says "Galia, here not please"
4. Every time I go to downtown Santiago, ALWAYS I buy a strawberry juice, and I order the seller that she puts much sugar to juice, she knows me, like that I came and the juice is ready.
5. When I like a movie, after I learn the screenplay, as if I were the actress.
I don´t have more guilties pleasures, at least that I remember. But, when I was girl I had several:  I banged the heater with a big spoon, I scratched walls of living room, I hanged of stair, I played with mom´shoes, I rode a bycicle for a slope near my house, etc.

When I was at school, I remember taught me about environment in biology class, I learned with activities as draw “the well-being of the planet”, protect the environment and recycling process.  Also, I saw impact litter in documentaries, the plastic discompose slowly, after many years.

I live with my mother, and We recycle plastic bottles or soda can, we separate the bottles or cans of regular trash and We go to "special" trash can in supermarket for throw away there.

I like ride my bicycle for short distances or I walk, instead of use car. I live away from city, then even farther away from university, even so I take bus. 

Once I was march of "Salvemos Punta de Choros" because a friend asked me accompany him, I knew about many environmental organizations, ecological groups that to fight for a cause, in this case the animals. Some friends are vegetarians because if you eat meat, they say you are against animals and they have a ecological speech. I think it´s not necessary be "vegano" for protect animals, I understand that exist violence in circus, milk´s company when it apply electricity to cows, whale hunt, etc. It´s criminal actions, but if I decide I don't eat meat, ¿help something?. 

The people become aware about environment because actually is informed of damages for planet, there is ecological fairs with differents stands, where you can learn to recycle, make vegetable garden, bury organics waste. 

Beuys

Joseph Beuys was a German artist, sculptor, performer and theorist and pedagogue of art. In the Second World War, he participated in Nazi Party, he went to Crimea, and in this place he had a plane crash, later he returned to Kleve with his parents. He retired of Nazi militancy because he became artist.

I like his performances, for example “I like America and America likes me”, Beuys interacted with one coyote, in René Block Gallery (New York), for three days. It has been dialogue between he and animal, he used some elements: a felt thick and staff. The coyote watched him, while Beuys coated with felt, until they got along. This performance shows the survival, because coyote is an American animal, so Beuys related with “the primitivism or the nature symbol” opposed to superpower politics of U.S.A.

Also he proposed the shamanism in his artworks, the art is something curative for people, above everything post World War, cause of many deaths, he thought that across performances he could cure society. Therefore, he explained a new concept of art about “anybody could be artist”, if there were actions representing ideas from visual arts, different techniques together with a body in movement. 

Marina Abramovic

"Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present"

The article exposed about documentary " The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic", or rather, one of her performances in MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York two years ago. According to Salomons, it`s a excellent documentary because explains about performance art and retrospective work of Abramovic, she is a famous performer, because she had many years`s experience in this field. 
The movie was realized by Matthew Aker, it shows the performance named "The Artist Is Present", she sat for seven and half hours, every day, for three months, on a chair  without food or water, gazing into the eyes, expressionless, of audience memebers and vistitor who sat opposite her, gazing back. Also, it talks about relationship with Ulay, another performer, sometimes they do performances together. 

It`s very interesting for me, because I like performance art, the use of body as artistic material. Marina Abramovic is known for masochist practices inside her performances, many cuts, blood, etc. But, in "The Artist Is Present" she was still, only sat looking to visitors, her resistance is notable, the longest duration. In MoMA, while Abramovic presents the performance, besides there was exposition with documenting of she. Her action seems simple, I think that is a awkward situation sit in front of Marina, she stares you. 

In my career never I learn about perfomance art, because here the teachers are very conservatives, not so in Theater Faculty. 

"Noviembre" is a film about a theater company made up by a group of friends, who want to act only in the street so that people can see theater for free. There is a political speech in front of capitalism, especially art market.

The reaction of spectators is funny because they don´t think that "Noviembre" (the name of company) act in public without being paid; actors don´t receive any money. The trouble is that they act without permission, then the police arrest the actors, they must often go to prison. Later, this company is famous and some producers want to sign them up, but they refuse anything related with money or acting inside a Theater.

It inspires me, because I think that drama is very exclusive through tickets, it`s expensive for general public. Concurrently, the state forbid artistic or cultural expressions in the street, it would be terrorism, so it`s complicated to do street theater in Chile, there is a repressive formality about all details of shows, places and time for permission. The movie "Noviembre" is an example of opposition to an economic system of art, moreover it exhibits a gesture of solidarity with the society, anybody has the possibility to see free theater.                  

     

1.A movie or television show that inspires you. 
2.Your favorite art galleries and museums
3.An art exhibition you recently visited
4.How to write about art
5.If you have a job outside of art, talk about the place where you work.
6.Places you have travelled or would like to visit someday

The best holidays were summer 2010, because I did many activities, I participate in Valparaiso`s Carnivals with The “Mendicantes”, it is a company of Street Theater, it was a “pasacalle”, very nice! Because I can socialize with other people, from kids until retirement age in the street, a festive atmosphere. Later I got back to Valpo for holidays, I went with my  friends during one week, We went round all hills, We took photographs with graffitis background, there were pictures very beautiful. Also, We went to pubs as “La Trova”, here it sold delicious Terremoto and it had good music, likewise to disco named “El Huevo”, it was gigant, and I remember just moment there are reporters of Megavision, they was recording about partys in Valpo, the following day We were in TV, our families or another friends called we. We ate Chorrillana in a restaurant, We were five people and it was tasty and enough. Later, We went to litoral, We were in Algarrobo, El Tabo, Costa Azul and Santo Domingo, there was good weather at beaches, finally We stayed in my “summer`s house” with my family (mather and grandmother). 

social media

In fact I am not keen to technology. When my father gave me a new telephone, a Smartphone. I installed some applications of social media as Facebook and Whatsapp. I have used Facebook since two years, for to talk my friends, I find out about culture events and show information about me: pictures, music, articles…the things that likes me, it is a site where you can meet more someone. I checked it only my computer, but now I can do everywhere for wifi in telephone, so when I am boring, I see Facebook.  I recognize that I am fan of Whatsapp, because I can chat with my friends, it is amusing to write fast. But, I don`t interesting another systems of social communications for internet, because I prefer to get together with people at house, in pubs or discos. I think that to talk for internet is a cold communication, distant, very sedentary, because you are alone opposite to screen, sometimes you see people through cam, but is different share with friends of direct form, to laugh together.

 

I had many activities during first term. I have had to process or to appeal a reduction tariff, from March to now, it is an unpleasant situation, because I went to MINEDUC, SERNAC and other places, I think that it is eternal bureaucracy. On April, I finished a basic German course in Goethe Institute, at the same time I started a Performance workshop by Gonzalo Rabanal in an “okupa” house, because I like this art and I am writing my thesis about it. Then, I took a Physical Theatre workshop every Saturdays in the morning, it was an oriental training, from Bali, Indian and Japan, in “La Máquina del Arte”, near Parque Bustamante. Later, both workshops ended on June. Also, I worked in Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, I did internship about cultural management with Marco Llerena, he was director of expositions, I was there two months, I learned about museum and public relations, it was a good experience. Thus, last semester was very dispersed. 

something about Darwinian theory

Denis Dutton talks about the question “ What is beauty?”, he says the people like things as Starry Night by Van Gogh, plays of Chejov, novels, etc. withouth to know why. Then, Denis answers based in Darwinian Theory, because the experience of beauty derives of Darwinian adaptions in human evolution, specifically in two mechanisms: natural selection and sexual selection. The first explains our tastes, fears and pleasures. The second is for survival and reproduction. 

Also, the interest for landscapes because this is a visual experience fascinating.

Finally he refers to art, it began in Prehistory with the earlist human artworks, for example cave paintings or sculptures.The skills, symmetry and materials, in tools is not for hunt or attack, so these objetcs are works of art. Our aesthetics points of view came from thousands of years, therefore we like this prehistoric pieces. 

I agree with Denis that our tastes are conditioned by the culture in which we live, because sometimes is inexplicable the universal aesthetic, I understand it´s something genetic with the Darwinian theory. Although, I think the subjectivity is different for each one, if we like the same things, and it wouldn´t be cultural diversity in the world. 

In my case, the food is a problem for me, I am “mañosa” (I´m sorry I couldn´t translate), I don´t like chocolate, but most people love it. 

idle?

This obsession of Frank is too curious, I think that to collect secrets is to be attentive of the people all time, until he has a tower of postcards is really an action excessive. I recognize laugh with some sentences, as "One of these men is the father of my son. He pays me a lot to keep it a secret", it is very funny because Frank show a collage with famous face cuttings, most people are actors, then the situation is unreal, maybe utopian. The rest was boring, besides I hate when the "gringos" speaks about  9/11, because it is a discourse repeated with intention of to nourish the American nationalism, above all in young people. In short, the video isn´t bad, but this  isn´t interesting for me, in my opinion Frank should go to psychologist.

Pina Bausch was a german dancer, her legacy was to install the concept of "dancetheater" in the scenics arts. She was a important director and coreographer dance, her company Tanztheater Wuppertal is recognized by the works: Café Müller and The Rite of Spring.

In 2009 Pina created "Como el musguito en la piedra ay si si si" , this piece was last work, since she died of cancer in the middle of development, so the work was incomplete until the dancers decide to resolve the end. After, it showed in Festival Internacional de Teatro Santiago a Mil 2010. I saw in Teatro Municipal "by far" because I paid for asient in gallery of Theater. The Title is a song by Violeta Parra, the piece had topics relating Chile culture. It was nice spectacle, but was evident the absence of direction of Pina in the end.
This year, in summer, the film Pina 3D was on GAM (Cnetro Cultural Gabriela Mistral), a documentary by Wenders about Pina Bausch, as she died two days before shooting, he interviews her company to assemble the tribute to Pina. 

I found a sequence of photographs about different actors, in a article named " Theatre stars backstage" by Simon Annand. He worked with various theatre companies as The National Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Royal Court, etc. Likewise with cine, performance and TV. This collection shows industry`s biggest stars as Cate Blanchett, Daniel Radcliffe and James Corden.
Then, I listened to Radio 4 Extra, I didn`t like, I thought that was more interesting because it had a section of drama and comedy, but the stories were boring. So, I visited Music of BBC, I wanted to listen something unknown, British singers or music bands, this site was amusing, a relaxed activity.

Björk

I went to Lollapalooza short time ago, I bought ticket only to see Björk, she has come to Chile twice, but I couldn´t go, so this year was my opportunity. She presented her last album: Biophilia. The concert was excellent, I think that she extraordiary in scene, her voice, orange wig, chorus, the best were the new instruments, because these are unusual: pipe organ, gameleste and TESLA!. I was in first rate, I waited four hours, at the time I had to see others singers or bands, as Thievery Corporation and Cage the elephant. Until Björk appeared in the stage, apart from Biophillia she sang songs of others discos. There were video projections about cells, fractal images and some previous videoclips. At the end she sang Army of me, We were touched, later her technicals threw the set-lists, a friend of my friend Luciano caught one set-list. I took many photos, was an amazing experience.

Here I was in Frutillar on February, it was a fugue to Pto. Montt. My boyfriend invited me, because he was doing a "practice" of him career, and I went for one week. I visited some places around Puerto Montt: Puerto Varas, Isla Tenglo, Frutillar and Petrohue.
This photo shows Lago LLanquihue, exactly front Theater of Frutillar. I choose this image because I remeber my "short holidays", moreover I like contemplate the lake or the see at beach. the blue attract me, its my favorite color, this image have a beautiful sky, a horizon very defined, in the distance you see Volcan Osorno, although near is amazing! is giant, imposing, if you travel across Lago Todos Los Santos by boat, The Volcan Osorno you can to be getting too close. Also, this picture is important because was first day in Southern Chile, later twelve hour by bus, I arrived in the morning and I left my backpack at house (where My boyfriend with him friends were staying), afterwards we took a bus to Puerto Varas, from there we were to Frutillar. It was a place a few german style, because there was many signs and streets in german, likewise foot as desserts: kuchen, chocolate, each others. I recommend Frutillar, I have already gone twice, in 2008 with my family and this year. In fact travel to Southern Chile, before than build more malls.

I was born on Juli,1989. My primary school was in Colegio Santa Elena, later the secondary was in Colegio Pedro de Valdivia Agustinas. This year I end my career, I have one course slope... English Class! Moreover I doing my thesis. 

I like Scenics Arts so much, theater, dance and performance. I did many workshops, almost all in Balmaceda Arte Joven, as Physical Theater, Modern and Contemporary Dance and DanceTheater. Also I was in BAFOCHI, I acted in Valpo Carnivals with Teatro Mendicantes Company, and I was in Theater Company of Balmaceda Arte Joven.

I wanted study Theater, but before of "Talent`s Test" I had a fracture, thus I couldn`t do. My second priority was Theory of Arts, because I`m interesting the Aesthetic. 

I live with my mother and grandmother, I have a turtle (now, she is confused for wheater, between summer and autumn, she doesn`t know if hibernate or not). Is Difficult to live together with women, thought I love my small family. 

Actually, I learning german in Goethe Institut, I doing Performance workshop and I go to Yoga twice a week.