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SUMMARY:“Branches of an imaginary marimba”: The force of syncretism in
  contemporary art - Sebastián Eduardo Dávila\, CVC Visiting Research Fel
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DTSTART:20231122T173000Z
DTEND:20231122T183000Z
UID:TALK208327@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:118915
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening and lecture on the force of syncretism
 \, the practice of contemporary art\, and the history of the marimba in Gu
 atemala. This event will be followed by a wine reception.\n\nAt some point
  in the short-film Blue Bird – Obsidian Dream (2022)\, directed by Edgar
  Calel and Fernando Pereira dos Santos\, a modern marimba piece can be hea
 rd. Composed by Joaquín Orellana\, Ramajes de una Marimba Imaginaria (Bra
 nches of an Imaginary Marimba) musically evokes and alters the complex hum
 an\, as well as material history of what is considered a national instrume
 nt in contemporary Guatemala. The marimba was introduced to Central Americ
 a in early colonial times by slaves from Western Africa\, under circumstan
 ces that can no longer be traced. It was adapted and transformed by Indige
 nous musicians\, later by non-Indigenous elites and the state\, who at tim
 es obscured the instrument’s African and Indigenous past. Sebastián Edu
 ardo Dávila’s lecture circles around the marimba as a paradigmatic site
  of syncretism\, a concept and a force encompassing loss and untraceabilit
 y\, but also transmission\, inventiveness and transformation. Intrigued by
  the possibilities and limitations of a syncretic framework\, he will conn
 ect the instrument back to Blue Bird – Obsidian Dream\, that explores th
 e relation between Indigenous and the more-than human bodies\, their memor
 ies\, and the spaces of modern architecture.\n\nRegister here: "Tickets":h
 ttps://www.cvc.cam.ac.uk/events/branches-of-an-imaginary-marimba-the-force
 -of-syncretism-in-contemporary-art/
LOCATION:History of Art Lecture room\, Department of Architecture\, 1-5 Sc
 roope Terrace\, Cambridge\, CB2 1PX
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