Comments on: Los Desaparecidos

By: …the almost right word » Disappearances only continue

…the almost right word » Disappearances only continue — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:21:00 +0000

[...] written in the past of Los Desaparecidos, the “subversive” citizens of Chile and Argentina (in particular) who were kidnapped, [...]

By: e.

e. — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:40:22 +0000

There’s also the movie La historia oficial (Official Story), which I have had to watch several times for various classes. It’s not a documentary but it does discuss some of the issues of the desaparecidos in Argentina.

By: the almost right word

the almost right word — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:30:21 +0000

There is a documentary simply titled, Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo. Perhaps a local library has it?

I also know the BBC has done some documentaries, such as Chile: The Other 911, but I’m not entirely sure how to get a hold of it. I’ll definitely write something on the blog if I hear of anything!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:29:28 +0000

I’d love to see this exhibit. Really.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:23:52 +0000

Thank you for posting this. Are there any documentaries that you can recommend?

By: patrick

patrick — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:22:27 +0000

Wow. It sounds like a really interesting exhibit, I miss Santa Fe Galleries so much. The last line of your post made me stop and think, art does so many things, I am reticent to say art should do this or that, because even in an exhibit such as this, it is likely not everyone experiences the exhibit, or the art, in the same way. I tend to think of art as a language with many voices. Just off the top of my head Art…
Creates beauty
Enhances our environment
Reveals truth
Immortalizes
Expresses fantasy
Expresses religious beliefs
Stimulates the intellect and fires the emotions
Creates order and harmony
Expresses chaos
Records and commemorates experience
Reflects the social and cultural context
Protests injustice and raises social consciousness
Elevates the commonplace
and perhaps more than any other, meets the individual needs of the artist

Thanks for the post, it got my mind a whirling faster than a good cup of joe.

By: Princess Pointful

Princess Pointful — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:25:26 +0000

Great last line.
It is inspiring to hear of art that can tell people’s stories so clearly.

By: unreliable narrator

unreliable narrator — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:38:08 +0000

y hay una mujer desaparecida