The Power of Culture

The Peruvian-Spanish film La Teta Asustada, winner of the Golden Bear during the Berlinale 2009, experienced an extraordinary premiere. The film was shown to an audience in the shanty town of Manchay to the north-east of capital Lima.

Representatives of cultural institutions and other experts from Europe, Africa and Asia travelled in March 2009 to three Latin American capitals. Aim of this trip was to stimulate professional internationalisation in the culture sector.

Fashion is not only clothing: it is identity, attitude and socio-cultural communication. IN-MOD has therefore been inviting Brazilian designers, entrepreneurs, journalists and scholars to discuss the role of fashion and design in rising creative economies during the São Paulo fashion weeks since 2007.

The city authorities are doing everything possible to showcase both the city's Ibero-American character and the local cultural diversity during the festivities.

Intercultural dialogue benefits most from personal exchange, concluded the participants of the Misunderstanding conference in Zürich in November 2008.

How can an art project about public space be created in a state of emergency? The creators of Desierto found the answer.

An exposition of electronic art by ten Latin American artists is currently touring the continent.