Friday, August 31, 2012


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. 

Friday, June 15, 2012

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. 

Friday, June 1, 2012

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.

Friday, May 25, 2012

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. 

Friday, May 18, 2012

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.

Friday, May 4, 2012

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.

Friday, April 27, 2012

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.