RAFAEL HASTINGS
Museo Gerðarsafn (Islandia)

El 16 de junio del 2024 se realizó una presentación de «EL INCONDICIONADO DESOCULTAMIENTO (4 CORTOMETRAJES SOBRE EL HECHO DE DESAPARECER)», de Rafael Hastings en el museo de arte de Islandia: Gerðarsafn. La exposición estuvo a cargo de José-Carlos Mariátegui, quien expusto ante el público sobre la vida y obra de Rafael Hastings.

Museo Gerðarsafn (Islandia)
PRESENTACIÓN

A continuación, presentamos una transcripción de los momentos más importantes de la presentación de «EL INCONDICIONADO DESOCULTAMIENTO, CUATRO CORTOMETRAJES SOBRE EL HECHO DE DESAPARECER» que se llevó a cabo en el museo Gerðarsafn.

We begin with THE ISLAND OF THE IMMORTALS (A LEGEND OF HO-CHI’S TIME), one of the most beautiful «pieces», and of the four, possibly the most narrative.  The work narrates part of an oriental legend that portrays the difficulty and impotence to reach the three sacred mountains, staged by the arid and extensive landscapes of the Paracas Bay… The rocky coast of southern Peru is presented as a mirage through its most emblematic monuments, such as the gigantic trident-shaped geoglyph or «Candelabro» of the Nazca culture, representing the World Above (Hanan Pacha). These references to the Andean cosmovision are combined with the appearance of two naked young men, portraying the first married couple, Fo-Hi (first emperor of China) and Niu-Kua (goddess in charge of the reproduction of all living beings).

The third work is LEYENDA DE DOS JARDINES (FROM AN ANONYMOUS DOCUMENT COLLECTED BY OCTAVIO PAZ) This work takes the meaning of death to a poetic space. Singer-songwriter Susana Baca recites Octavio Paz’s poem «A Tale of Two Gardens». The poem poses a subtle comparison between Western and Hindu culture with the aim of seeking a historical reconciliation and achieving coexistence between these two worlds, and how the cultures of Asia were connected to American cultures.

This is followed by INCONDICIONADO DESOCULTAMIENTO Y/O UNA APROXIMACIÓN AL HECHO DE DESAPARECERER, the most abstract piece, as well as being the only one that lacks narration and delves into the concept of death based on the notion of pre-Columbian cultures that saw death as a state of transit that had to be accompanied by rites and ceremonies. To this end, special effects are used to stage the movements of funeral masks and false heads with elaborate and colourful feathered headdresses, which are part of a late tradition on the central coast. This tour fuses shots of the rocky landscape of the Paracas Bay with the re-appearance of Fo-Hi and Niu-Kua, the mythical couple who are responsible for the creation of mankind…

Finally, THE FOUR CELESTIAL POLES (FROM A STONE TESTIMONY FILMED IN SECHIN, CASMA, PERU) links the oriental legend of Niu-Kua with the iconography of the petroglyphs and monoliths of Sechin. Niu-Kua, goddess of the reproduction of living beings, undertook the arrangement of the Universe by bringing the country of Ki into balance and thus achieving the union between Yin and Yang. The rich imagery of the stone bas-reliefs at Sechin alludes not only to human sacrifice, but also to the restoration of the original state as a quest for the human condition.

Museo Gerðarsafn (Islandia) 
Video conferencia

A continuación les presentamos el video  de la conferencia de apertura de «EL INCONDICIONADO DESOCULTAMIENTO (4 CORTOMETRAJES SOBRE EL HECHO DE DESAPARECER)» que se llevó a cabo en el museo Gerðarsafn. La cual ya se encuentra en nuestras redes sociales para su visualización.

Museo Gerðarsafn (Islandia) 
Página web

Para la difusión del evento, el museo Gerðarsafn diseñó un sitio web con información de la presentación, así como de la vida y obra de Rafael Hastings.

Rafael Hastings El Incondicionado Desocultamiento: https://gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is/en/event/komdinn-short-films-from-peru/

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