The songs of Temporada de Pesca [Fishing Season], the latest album by Martin Guerra, will probably appear on exquisitely curated playlists of Indie Alterlatino. Martin Guerra, a Peruvian musician based in Madrid, has produced an experimental and hybrid album that combines Latin American musical traditions—the Afro-Peruvian being a crucial one—with […]
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New Argentinean Indie Rock in 10 albums
Argentine rock is more than the heavy and progressive rock of the seventies and the smart pop that marked the eighties. In recent years, indie rock bands have given the genre a new air and point to the future. Here is a list of some of the most representative albums […]
Read MoreAfrotrónicos: the new sounds of Afro-Peruvian electronic music
During the second decade of the new millennium, several Peruvian artists embarked on musical projects that articulated Afro-Peruvian culture with the sounds of contemporary electronics. Translocal styles such as grime, dubstep, trap and global bass were freely synthesized by these musicians to weave a rhythmic and sonic curtain. Jaws [quijadas] […]
Read MoreReinventing History and Language: 10 Peruvian Artists Under 45
Archeological expeditions of the past to question the present and reinvent the future, Peruvian contemporary art goes beyond superficial layers. Selection and text by Peruvian art curator Luisa Fernanda Lindo. 1.CLAUDIA MARTINEZ-GARAY (1983) Martinez-Garay‘s work takes existing images to review and question the past. Her work reads the remains that […]
Read More10 Female Directors Showing that Mexican Film is More than Roma
Female Mexican filmmakers are on the rise. Miranda Leggett reviews some of these active directors working on multiple genres and telling under-the-radar stories. Each of the women director included has won at least one national or international prize. Esta lista incluye directoras actuales de México que han trabajado en géneros […]
Read MoreAlterations and Interactions: 10 Argentinean Artists Under 45
Take a look into the diversity of new Argentinean artists born after 1975. Here is a selection by Peruvian curator and artist Luisa Fernanda Lindo 1. AMALIA PICA (1978) Pica raises the possibility of art as a means of communication, so she proposes the creation of a language that transcends […]
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