by Team Tómate Libre | Aug 16, 2017 | Colombia, Community Projects Colombia, Inclusive Peace
Increasing accessibility to creative programming This team formed a group from different campuses of the University of Antioquia to activate a creative space in the Niquitao neighborhood of Medellín. They connected with communities that are usually out of reach of...
by Team Reloj de Paz | Aug 16, 2017 | Colombia, Community Projects Colombia, Inclusive Peace
Marking the changing times in peace and conflict Peace clock or “reloj de paz” is a wooden clock in the typical style of Salvador Dalí. The clock uses hour markings to represent the history of conflict in Colombia from the 1950s until the time peace...
by Team Ciudad Sensible | Aug 16, 2017 | Colombia, Community Projects Colombia, Inclusive Peace
Public installations reminding passersby of our collective existence This team set up their project at different bridges throughout Medellín, which they targeted as symbols of transit but also as symbols of advancing to different states of consciousness. They set up...
by Team Movilidad Humana | Aug 16, 2017 | Colombia, Community Projects Colombia, Inclusive Peace
Traveling by bus across boundaries and stereotypes Discrimination by race, prejudice, or stereotypes are boundaries that generate loneliness and exclusion. The bus is a public space where people are solitary — they sleep, they stare at the sky, or look at their cell...
by Nathan Ober | Jul 11, 2017 | Blog Colombia, Colombia, Nathan Ober
My time in Medellín, Colombia has been transformative to say the least. The people, art, communities, music, and dance — all surrounded by sweeping landscapes of green coalesced to create the vibrance that is Medellín. And in between the empty spaces of this city is...
by Nathan Ober | Jun 21, 2017 | Blog Colombia, Colombia, Nathan Ober
Opening night. The exhibition at Colombo Americano was a huge success! All of the teams came together to pull off an amazing show. In total, we had four groups who produced seven projects now on display in the gallery. The work ranged from video projection mapping,...
