Let's talk Latin America
Let's talk Latin America
The VIA Arts Prize, the UK’s only Ibero-American themed visual arts competition, invites artists to create works inspired by Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese arts and cultures. The prize is organised by the Association of Cultural Attachés of Latin America, Spain and Portugal (ACALASP) with support from People’s Palace Projects and Instituto Cervantes. BristoLatino’s Helen Brown discusses the […]
This May, London will host its first ever festival celebrating the talents of Latin American women in film, music, literature and art. Running from the 15th-19th of May, FLAWA will be a jam-packed weekend of carefully-curated events held in unique venues across London, such as the 18thcentury renovated cinema Rich Mix and the live music venue […]
Malphino take you on a tropical adventure from this 4th May… Malphino are an ‘outer-national’, mystical band who offer a uniquely Asian-influenced hypnotic cumbia. Based in London, the collective is made up of diaspora musicians and visual artists. Their debut album, ‘Visit Malphino’ will be released this 4th May and will take us on a […]
Later today, Tuesday 16th of January, the redevelopment plan for Elephant and Castle shopping centre is going to the Southwark Planning Committee. Local people will be protesting, along with others who don’t agree with the plans as they stand—but why? I grew up not far from Elephant and Castle (EC), an area of South […]
In 1992, writer, publisher and teacher, Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes, left Chile for the UK. She is an academic specialising in Sociology and Women’s Studies. BristoLatino Editor-in-Chief, Rebecca Wilson, heard Rivera-Fuentes read her poem, ‘Maravilladoras Somos’ at the Latin America Conference 2017 in London. “Escribo poesía porque es vida y está en mi sangre. Pienso y siento que […]
Bristolatino’s Art editor Helen Brown talks to Paula Rodriguez, director and producer of The Other Solos, about combatting anti-migration sentiment through Shakespeare. The Other Solos is a series of six Shakespeare monologues, released on Youtube, tackling issues of migration, exile and identity, performed by accented actors whose second language is English. These performances use Shakespeare, traditionally emblematic of […]
Social media editor Alba-Lily Phillips talks to illustrator Maia Magoga about being Latina, a Londoner and an artist. You’re half Argentinean (papá’s side) and half Brazilian (mãe’s side) and you grew up in North London. In what ways does your heritage play a part in your art? It made me very aware of the lack […]
Bristolatino Music editor, Rebecca Wilson, meets up with Camilo Martínez Silva (Masilva), in Bogotá, to discuss borrowing musical influences from Colombia’s distinct regions and how electronic music became a part of his repertoire. Masilva, a “sound thief” from Colombia, a country he dubs a “musical millionaire”, has travelled cross-country, learning and borrowing rhythms and skills […]
BristoLatino Music Editor, Rebecca Wilson, sat down with DJ Cal Jader in Bogotá, Colombia, to discuss Movimientos Records – a fusion of music and politics DJ Cal Jader, a.k.a. Callum Simpson of Movimientos Records, returns to Bogotá after 10 years delving into Colombian rhythms and collaborating with Colombian acts. A decade prior, he was here on a delegation of […]